Tongue Exercises Before Eating Word Salad

 

Here are 40 examples of assonance, ranging from classic tongue twisters to everyday phrases and literary works:

Classic Tongue Twisters:

1. "She sells seashells by the seashore."
2. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
3. "A good cook could cook a good cake in a crooked cookhouse."
4. "Fresh fish fry freshly fried."
5. "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"
6. "Rubber baby buggy bumper."
7. "Can Can Constance can can?"
8. "Silly sailor Sam sat on a sinking ship."
9. "So many shells sold by the seashore."
10. "Toy trucks travel tricky tracks."

Everyday Phrases:

11. "Light and bright (short i)**
12. "Wait and see" (long a)**
13. "Cake and bake" (long a)**
14. "Cheap and cheerful" (short e)**
15. "Slip and slide" (short i)**
16. "Pinch and punch" (short i)**
17. "Trip and tumble" (short i)**
18. "Chatter and clatter" (short a)**
19. "Fizz and pop" (short i)**
20. "Drip and drop" (short i)**

Literary Assonance:

21. "Hear how the wind whines" (long i) - Alfred Lord Tennyson
22. "The moan of the owl near the moaning foam..." (long o) - Lord Byron
23. "The wild wind whimpered..." (short i) - Emily Brontë
24. "Hope is the thing with feathers..." (long e) - Emily Dickinson
25. "The tide rises, the tide falls..." (short i) - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
26. "Hear the mellow wedding bells..." (short e) - Edgar Allan Poe
27. "Double, double toil and trouble..." (short u)** - William Shakespeare
28. "The raven perched upon the bust of Pallas just above my chamber door..." (short o) - Edgar Allan Poe
29. "Fat cat sat on a mat..." (short a) - Dr. Seuss
30. "Green eggs and ham..." (short e) - Dr. Seuss

Creative Assonance:

31. "The dark clouds loomed large." (long oo)**
32. "The brave knight battled the beast." (long a)**
33. "The tiny dancer twirled gracefully." (short i)**
34. "The shimmering sea stretched endlessly." (short e)**
35. "The golden glow filled the room." (long o)**
36. "Chilly winds whipped through the willows." (short i)**
37. "Whales danced and waves crashed on the shore." (long a)**
38. "Merry music filled the massive hall." (short e)**
39. "Tiny fireflies flitted in the forest." (short i)**
40. "Faint footsteps faded in the fog." (long a)**