| Figure Name | consonance |
| Source | Silva Rhetoricae (http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Silva.htm) |
| Earliest Source | None |
| Synonyms | |
| Etymology | None |
| Type | Scheme |
| Linguistic Domain |
Phonological |
| Definition |
The repetition of consonants in words stressed in the same place (but whose vowels differ). Also, a kind of inverted alliteration, in which final consonants, rather than initial or medial ones, repeat in nearby words. Consonance is more properly a term associated with modern poetics than with historical rhetorical terminology. |
| Example | |
| Kind Of | Repetition Series |
| Part Of | |
| Related Figures | figures of sound, alliteration, assonance, figures of repetition |
| Notes | |
| Confidence | Confident |
| Last Editor | Ashley Rose Kelly |
| Confidence | Confident |
| Editorial Notes | |
| Reviewed | No |