whats alliteration and assonance?

is alliteration Mary Munch on Muffins or I ate a gate so i was late.
or is that assonance.???

slf_made2009-02-28T19:14:26Z

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Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words.

Example:
In cliches: sweet smell of success, a dime a dozen, bigger and better, jump for joy
Wordsworth: And sings a solitary song That whistles in the wind.

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds but not consonant sounds as in consonance.

Example:
fleet feet sweep by sleeping geeks.

Retro!2009-02-28T19:16:24Z

An alliteration is the repeating consonant sound.

Mary Munch On Muffins would be an alliteration.

An assonance is the repeating of the vowel sound.

I ate a gate so I was late would be an assonance.

Anonymous2009-02-28T19:14:25Z

Mary Munch on Muffins is alliteration and the gate eating one is assonance

spoonerism2009-02-28T19:15:45Z

Alliteration is the repeated occurrence of a consonant sound at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.
example: mary munches on muffins

Assonance is repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences.
example: mellow wedding bells