the repetition of consonant sounds, even those spelled differently.
repetition of initial consonant sounds for effect. Compare: ASSONANCE, CONSONANCE.
the repetition of sounds in nearby words; usually the initial consonant sounds of word and sometimes internal consonants in stressed syllables
Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds. Writers use alliteration to give emphasis to words, to imitate sounds, and to create musical effects. Alliteration is the basis for tongue twisters: She sells seashells by the seashore.
repetition of a consonant sound in a series of words
can give a pleasing sound to a sentence, as long as it's not overdone, e.g., World Wide Web . . . smelly, slimy SCSI . . . resonant ringing.
The repetition of initial consonant sounds, either in consecutive words, or in the first word of each line.
A linguistic technique that involves repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more adjacent words.
Usually refers to the repetition of the beginning consonant sounds in two or more consecutive words or syllables. Alliteration sometimes appears in children´s nursery rhymes as well as in poems and other forms of literature. Examples: Simple Simon; Wee Willie Winkie; bright blue balloons; seven serious sailors.
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
The repetition of initial consonant sounds. example- "Freak of fancy in my friend." Edgar Allan Poe "Dazzled, delighted, and dumbfounded." Helen Keller "Fish, fowl, flesh, roasted in luscious stews, and seasoned, I trust, to all your tastes. Nathaniel Hawthorne
A series of words in a sentence all beginning with the same sound. For example: Sing a song of six-pence.
the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words close together (e.g. “ ad unday chool uperintendent tare")
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words (e.g. rough and ready).
A form of internal rhyme in which consonants repeat in a single line of verse. When Chaucer's Parson says he cannot "rum, ram, ruff by lettre" he means he cannot tell a story in alliterative verse. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight alliterates throughout. The opening line is characteristic: "Since the siege and the assault was ceased at Troy" (trans. M. Boroff). Alliteration occurs in Since, siege, assault, and ceased. In alliterative technique spellings don't matter; sounds do. See also assonance.
the repetition of initial consonant sounds; used to draw attention to words or ideas or to create music with the language
repetition of the initial sounds of words: " apple- awn- rawn Falcon."
the repetition of the initial sounds (consonants) of stressed syllables in neighbouring words or those which are somewhat near one another. Alliteration has positive effect on the sound of a line and reinforces stresses.
Repeating, within a line or phrase, the same initial consonant sound in several words (The raging river roared.)
The occurrence in a phrase or line of speech of two or more words having the same beginning sound.
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
The repetition of initial phoneme either across syllables or across words. For example, "Happy hippos hop on Harry." See onset
ad 'to' + littera 'letter''; ÀYÃý): Repetition of the same or similar consonant (¤lµ/»²µ) sound at the beginning of a word, e.g. 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.'
the repetition of the same sound in a series of words, typically the first consonant sounds of each word. The following phrase is an example of alliteration: “Sally sells seashells by the sea shore.
Repeating the beginning sounds in a word, like eading and Wr iting are eally ad
The use of the same consonant or vowel at the beginning of each word or stressed syllable in a phrase, often used in tongue twisters. For example: "Around the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran."
The repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more closely associated words or stressed syllables. Alliteration is not restricted to poetry.
the repetition of consonant sounds – usually at the beginning of words
The effect created when words with the same initial letter (usually consonants) are used in close proximity e.g. Ariel's Songs from The Tempest ' Full fathom five thy father lies'. The repeated 'f' sound is alliterative. Alliteration is sometimes referred to as head rhyme. Other examples of alliteration include: 'Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle' from Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen and the amazing five consecutive 'ds' in The Windhover by Hopkins - 'king-dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon'.
The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words: "What would the world be, once bereft/Of wet and wildness?" (Gerard Manley Hopkins, "Inversnaid")
A poetic device where the first consonant sounds or any vowel sounds in words or syllables are repeated. The following description of the Green Knight from the anonymous Sir Gawain and the Green Knight gives an example of alliteration: And in uise all of reen, the ear and the man: oat ut lose, that lung to his sides An a antle to atch, ade with a lining Of urs cut and itted — the abric was noble.... (Compare with Assonance and rhyme.) (See also poem, Poetics, Poetry, Verse, and Versification.)
the repetition of consonant sounds in neighboring words or syllables. Listen for "p" and "k" sounds in Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words ( i.e., aves ant to be heels…)
The repetition of the same first sound or the same first letter in a group of words or line of poetry as in from stem to stern.
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words. For example, rough and ready.
Repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of words.
the repetition of initial consonant sounds through a sequence of words - for example, "While I odded, early apping" in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven."
The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words. Some famous examples of alliteration are tongue twisters such as She sells seashells by the seashore and Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
repetition of an initial consonant sound, such as pied piper. It emphasises the sound and is pleasing to the ear, making a point more memorable.
is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word, to intensify the beat. Example: sweet smell of success, do or die, safe and sound
The repetition of the same or similar sounds (usually consonants) that are close to one another (e.g. the timid, tiny tadpole).
n. the repetition of the same consonant sound in closely positioned words, as in "Sing a song of sixpence."
e.g. The silken ship sailed silently through the sea. (Here the "s" sound is helping to reinforce the silence and the smooth grace of the ship's passage through the sea.) Poets are very fond of alliteration but look out for it also in newspaper headlines.
The repetition of the same sound, usually of a consonant, at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other or at short intervals. Example: The repetition of and in fields ever fresh, groves ever green
the repetition of consonants for certain effects. Before rhyme was used in English poetry, alliteration was the chief means of achieving musical and memorable effects, as in alliterative verse.
repetition of similar consonant sounds, e.g. 'green grass growing'
the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line or succeeding lines of verse. Example: Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet: "Gallop apace, you iery- ooted steeds/ Towards Ph oebus' lodging!"
The repition of inital consonant sounds; such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers".
Repeating the same initial consonant sound in several words within a line or phrase. For example: Alliteration always asks an aspiring author for alike initials again and again.
A stylistic device, or literary technique, in which successive words (more strictly, stressed syllables) begin with the same consonant sound or letter (peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers). Alliteration is a frequent tool in poetry but it is also common in prose, particularly to highlight short phrases. Especially in poetry, it contributes to euphony of the passage, lending it a musical air.