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alliteration::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | beginning rhyme, head rhyme, initial rhyme |
| Type of | rhyme, rime |
| Derivation | alliterate |
Examples of alliteration
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First of all, I really can't resist any opportunity for some great alliteration.
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The poems use diverse techniques, including alliteration onomatopoeia and rhyme.
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Important phonaesthetic devices of poetry are rhyme, assonance and alliteration.
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Alliteration essentially involves matching the left edges of stressed syllables.
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Tools to aid this process include poetic devices such as rhyme and alliteration.
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I worry about the content, and if the mood strikes me I'll use more alliteration.
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Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighbouring words.
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A deliberately excessive use of balanced antitheses emphasised by alliteration.
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What became known, with irresistible alliteration, as the credit crunch had begun.
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- Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
- (alliteratively) in an alliterative manner; "the early Norse poets wrote alliteratively"
- Alliteration is a stylistic literary device identified by the repeated sound of the first consonant in a series of multiple words, or the repetition of the same sounds in stressed syllables of a phrase. "Alliteration" from the Latin word u201Cliterau201D, meaning u201Cletters of the alphabetu201D, and the first known use of the word to refer to a literary device occurred around 1624...
- (Alliterations) Do any of your spelling words begin with the same sound? Even if they don't, you can write alliterations for them! Try to use as many words as you can within the sentence that have the same beginning sound -- BUT it has to make sense to be a sentence! Now try saying them quickly. ...
- Words and phrases of which a (primary- or secondary-stressed) syllable alliterates with another (stressed) syllable of the same word or phrase. ...
- Used for poetic effect, a repitition of the initial sounds of several words in a group. The following line from Robert Frost's poem "Acquainted with the Night provides us with an example of alliteration,": I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet. ...
- The same consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence or a line of poetry. For example, the sound of P in Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
- Repetition of sounds, usually the first letters of successive words, or words that are close together. Alliteration usually applies only to consonants.
- The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words (e.g. rough and ready).
