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half-rhyme

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noun

  1. a rhyme in which the vowel sounds are not identical, such as years and yours See consonance

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To exorcise the associations of that jarring half-rhyme, Cameron had recourse to the whole rhetorical tool kit—anaphora, antithesis, tricolon, and the rest.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 14, 2016

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