What is the term used to describe the repetition of the letter ‘s’ in a poem/piece of writing?????help?
I know this is used to create a sharp, more sinister tone, and I know there is a word for it but can’t think of what it is.. I thought it was assonance but it definitely isn’t...
The sentence I’m looking at it ‘so far, so sleek and spellbinding.’
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The definition of onomatopoeia is a poetic structure of words to convey how something sounds. An example of onomatopoeia is a poem about a stream written in a way to imitate the sound of a stream. Onomatopoeia is defined as a word that sounds like the common sound of the object it is describing.
alliteration
Since s is a consonant, the repetition of a consonant sound is called alliteration.
*Sibilance* is a figure of speech in which a hissing sound is created within a group of words through the repetition of "s" sounds. An example of sibilance is: "Sadly, Sam sold seven venomous serpents to Sally and Cyrus in San Francisco."
Sibilance - it is not to create sharpness.
http://www.literarydevices.com/sibilance/