alliteration
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5.1
- noun
- /əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃən/
- Literature
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aliteración
- In the line "She sells sea shells by the sea shore," the repeated initial alliteration of the 's' sound illustrates the concept effectively.
- alliteration and rhyme
- alliteration and assonance
- alliteration and consonance
No, it needs to be alliteration, free flaps and free Flynn.
- No, it needs to be alliteration, free flaps and free Flynn.
- Paleo pesto pasta #alliteration or a paleo baked dinner.
- Nice alliteration there based on the core count.
- Nice little, you know, alliteration there at the end.
- They say there's so much alliteration.
Examples
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The prose is made user-friendly through speechlike qualities such as contractions, colloquialisms, dashes, and alliteration.
Academic text (2002) -
Nice alliteration there based on the core count.
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Midterm madness Monday, a little alliteration to start out our week.
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Now, this is an example of a text in which alliteration is plainly predominant.
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The poetic devices might well include alliteration, onomatopoeia, and meter.
Academic text (1997) -
Seventeen students included at least one alliteration in their narrative (57%).
Academic text (2013) -
Initially, children demonstrate their phonological skills in reading by expressing rhyme and alliteration.
Academic text (2012) -
Tongue twisters are great examples of alliteration ("Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers").
Academic text (2000) -
The phrase "Midterm madness Monday" is an example of alliteration that emphasizes the excitement of the week.
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Tongue twisters, like "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers," often feature alliteration, making them fun and challenging to say quickly.
Synonyms
Repetition of the same sound at the start of stressed words or syllables in a line of verse
The same first sound at the start of important words in a line of poetry
Repeating the same consonant sound at the start of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
Surface Forms
Morphology
alliteration = alliterate (semi-transparent) = alliterate + ion
The noun is a regular -ion nominalization of the verb 'alliterate', but the base verb is relatively uncommon and the spelling/meaning may not be obvious to many learners.
Etymology
Alliteration comes from Latin parts ad- ('to') and littera ('letter'), so it originally meant 'to the letter'. That's why alliteration names the way of repeating the same sound or letter at the start of nearby words, as in 'Peter Piper picked', to make the phrase sound musical and playful.