Authors can create euphony in their writing by using repetition of sounds-vowel sounds especially-and soft consonants. Writers often use alliteration, assonance, and rhyme to make the writing more smooth and pleasing to the ear of the reader.

: pleasing to the ear.

1. He was enchanted with the euphonious music .
2. The melody of the story won’t be so euphonious and undulatory.
3. By accident, some sweet and euphonious proverbs made her obsessed with language learning.
4. The sound of whistle is euphonious , emotional, and melodic.

Euphony was borrowed from French at the beginning of the 17th century; the French word (“euphonie”) itself derives from the Late Latin euphonia, which in turn traces back to the Greek adjective euphōnos, meaning “sweet-voiced” or “musical.” “Euphōnos” was formed by combining the prefix eu- (“good”) and “phōnē” (“voice” …

Something euphonious sounds beautiful and pleasant. “You have a euphonious voice!” is a great compliment for a singer. This word sounds pretty when you say it, so it makes sense that it describes something pleasing to the ear.

Cacophony, the opposite of euphony, is usually produced by combinations of words that require a staccato, explosive delivery. Inadvertent cacophony is a mark of a defective style.

The purpose of using euphony is to bring about peaceful and pleasant feelings in a piece of literary work. The readers enjoy reading such pieces of literature or poems. The long vowels create more melodious effect than short vowels and consonants, making the sounds harmonious and soothing.

Examples of Assonance:

• The light of the fire is a sight. (
• Go slow over the road. (
• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers (repetition of the short e and long i sounds)
• Sally sells sea shells beside the sea shore (repetition of the short e and long e sounds)
• Try as I might, the kite did not fly. (

Assonance most often refers to the repetition of internal vowel sounds in words that do not end the same. For example, “he fell asleep under the cherry tree” is a phrase that features assonance with the repetition of the long “e” vowel, despite the fact that the words containing this vowel do not end in perfect rhymes.

Assonance (pronounced as–uh-nuh ns) is the repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within words, phrases, or sentences. The following is a simple example of assonance: She seems to beam rays of sunshine with her eyes of green. In this example, the speaker uses assonance to describe a pretty woman.

Frequency: Assonance is defined as the act of repeating a vowel sound in a phrase or sentence, often in poetry. An example of assonance in a sentence would be the repeated use of the /oo/ sound in the sentence, “True, I do like Sue.”

Assonance, or “vowel rhyme,” is the repetition of vowel sounds across a line of text or poetry. The words have to be near enough to each other that the similar vowel sounds are noticeable.

Using assonance is rather simple:

1. Choose words with the same vowel sounds.
2. Place those words together in a sentence.

Examples of Hyperbole in Everyday Speech

• He’s running faster than the wind.
• This bag weighs a ton.
• That man is as tall as a house.
• This is the worst day of my life.
• The shopping cost me a million dollars.
• My dad will kill me when he comes home.
• Your skin is softer than silk.
• She’s as skinny as a toothpick.

A slant rhyme is a type of rhyme with words that have similar, but not identical sounds. Most slant rhymes are formed by words with identical consonants and different vowels, or vice versa. “Worm” and “swarm” are examples of slant rhymes.

Assonance. This figure of speech is similar to alliteration, because it also involves repetition of sounds. But this time it’s vowel sounds that are being repeated. Assonance creates internal rhyming within phrases or sentences by repeating vowel sounds that are the same.

What is chiasmus? Chiasmus is a figure of speech in which the grammar of one phrase is inverted in the following phrase, such that two key concepts from the original phrase reappear in the second phrase in inverted order. The sentence “She has all my love; my heart belongs to her,” is an example of chiasmus.

Some common figures of speech are alliteration, anaphora, antimetabole, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, hyperbole, irony, metonymy, onomatopoeia, paradox, personification, pun, simile, synecdoche, and understatement.

synecdoche, figure of speech in which a part represents the whole, as in the expression “hired hands” for workmen or, less commonly, the whole represents a part, as in the use of the word “society” to mean high society.

Forms of Synecdoche

• The word “sails” is often used to refer to a whole ship.
• The phrase “hired hands” can be used to refer to workers.
• The word “head” can refer to counting cattle or people.
• The word “bread” can be used to represent food in general or money (e.g. he is the breadwinner; music is my bread and butter).

A synecdoche is a class of metonymy, often by means of either mentioning a part for the whole or conversely the whole for one of its parts. Examples from common English expressions include “suits” (for “businessmen”), “boots” (for “soldiers”) (pars pro toto), and “Ulster” (for “Northern Ireland”, totum pro parte).

An epithet is a literary device that describes a person, place, or object by accompanying or replacing it with a descriptive word or phrase. Other examples of epithet in monarchs include French king Charles the Bald and Spanish king Philip the Pious. In literary terms, epithets are a characteristic of Homer’s style.

An epithet is a nickname or descriptive term that’s added to someone’s name that becomes part of common usage. For example, in the name Alexander the Great, “the Great” is an epithet.

: the act of characterizing especially : the artistic representation (as in fiction or drama) of human character or motives the author’s characterization of the boy as someone who wanted to be accepted by others.

The noun epithet is a descriptive nickname, such as “Richard the Lionhearted,” or “Tommy the Terrible.” When it takes a turn for the worse, it can also be a word or phrase that offends.

1a : a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing. b : a disparaging or abusive word or phrase.

In the most frequently cited meaning, an eponym is a person, place, or thing after whom or after which something is named, or believed to be named. If Henry Ford is referred to as “the eponymous founder of the Ford Motor Company”, either Henry Ford himself, or his name “Ford” could be called the eponym.

SYNONYMS FOR epithet 1, 2 nickname, sobriquet, designation, appellation.