So, before you start poking fun at assonance for its name, why not learn what it actually means? Assonance occurs in a sentence when two or more words near each other have the same vowel sounds but start with different consonants. You can think of assonance as alliterationâs rebellious and less popular sibling. Instead of happening when words begin with the same letter or sound like with alliteration, assonance has to get complicated and happen in the middle of the words. You probably use assonance all the time when writing your poetry without even realizing it.
The place on the surface of Earth directly above where the earthquake. started is known as the epicenter of the earthquake. Scientists can locate the epicenter of an earth-. quake by finding the distance between the epicenter and at least three seismometers that recorded. the event.
A hypocenter (or hypocentre) (from Ancient Greek: á½ÏÏÎºÎµÎ½ÏÏÎ¿Î½ for 'below the center') is the point of origin of an earthquake or a subsurface nuclear explosion. It is a synonym of the focus. The term hypocenter is also used as a synonym for ground zero, the surface point directly beneath a nuclear airburst. Earthquakes An earthquake's hypocenter is the position where the strain energy stored in the rock is first released, marking the point where the fault begins to rupture. This occurs directly beneath the epicenter, at a distance known as the focal or hypocentral depth.