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There are some rules of euphony which must not be violated and the most important one is that there must be no rhyme in prose. It produces a ludicrous effect.

e.g. The speaker discussed the source of the force of international law.

Sound Imitation, or Onomatopoeia refers to the use of words or combinations of words that imitate some natural sounds. Onomatopeia may be direct and indirect. Direct onomatopoeia is a source of word-building. It is a naming of an action or thing by a more or less exact reproduction of the sound associated with it. They are echoes of natural sounds. Many verbs denote sounds produced by human beings in the process of communication or in expressing their feelings: “babble”, “chatter”, giggle”, “grunt”, “grumble”, “titter”, “whine”, “whisper” and many others. Then there are sounds produced by animals, birds and insects: buzz, cackle, croak, crow, hiss, honk, howl, moo, purr, roar a.o. There are also verbs imitating the sound of water such as bubble, splash and others imitating the noise of metallic things click, tinkle, and many others.

Alliteration is a deliberate use of similar sounds in close succession achieving a definite stylistic effect. It adds emotional colouring to the utterance suggesting the attitude of the writer to what he is describing. It is a peculiar musical accompaniment of the main idea of the utterance.

Rhythm – a metrical movement determined by various relations of long and short or accented and unaccented syllables; it is a measured flow of words and phrases in verse or prose. We shall deal with rhythm in prose. Rhythm in prose has a different quality than that in verse, but that it exists is undeniable. There is a certain rhythmical arrangement in sentences with homogeneous members (i.e. with enumeration), esp. when coupled with polysyndeton.

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