Read It Aloud

True... this is why I have enjoyed reading aloud as a parent. It slows you down and you get more out of it at various levels. Tolkien LotR particularly...

I didn't look the definition up at the time but I just loosely remember assonance as sound and alliteration as letters ... Oxford suggests this for assonance... See how even their examples of consonant assonance don't strictly use the same letter consonant.. just sound

Yes, every main character in Mistborn has frown lines.

Brandon, did you intend the assonance on "Spook" and "speculate" in Hero of Ages Part 4 chapter 46? #-)