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Lyric Tips for Spoken Word Music Performances : Assonance Tips for Spoken Word Art

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Uploaded by on Oct 5, 2008

Assonance is a language device that is a lot like alliteration but slightly different because the words don't necessarily rhyme. Learn a bit more about this device for conveying emotion in words from a professional musician in this free video.

Expert: Peter Nevland
Bio: Peter Nevland has spent five years performing his mixture of writing and rock 'n' roll, which he calls "Spoken Groove," during his travels to every continent except South America and Antarctica.
Filmmaker: MAKE | MEDIA

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  • young gunz by crucial conflict.

    perfect assonance in the 2nd verse

  • this guy isn't much of an expert

  • You're kind of right. Assonance is using vowel sounds that rhyme. For instance "Archie's back is assonant."

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