Alliteration
noun
The repetition of the same sound, usually a consonant, at the start of words in a sentence or phrase.
In the phrase 'sweet birds sang', the 's' sound is an example of alliteration.
Often appears as...
- uses alliteration
- alliteration in poetry
Usage tips
Literary
noun
The repetition of the same sound, usually a consonant, at the start of words in a sentence or phrase.
In the phrase 'sweet birds sang', the 's' sound is an example of alliteration.
Often appears as...
- uses alliteration
- alliteration in poetry
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Creating Mood
Alliteration can set a specific tone or mood in writing, making it more memorable.
The whispering winds were wistful and whimsical.
Pro Tip 2/3Enhancing Flow
Used skillfully, alliteration enhances the rhythm and flow of sentences for better readability.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Pro Tip 3/3Attention Grabber
Alliteration grabs attention, making phrases more catchy in marketing or speech.
Donuts - Delicious, Delectable, Divine!
Pro Tip 1/3Creating Mood
Alliteration can set a specific tone or mood in writing, making it more memorable.
The whispering winds were wistful and whimsical.
Pro Tip 2/3Enhancing Flow
Used skillfully, alliteration enhances the rhythm and flow of sentences for better readability.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Pro Tip 3/3Attention Grabber
Alliteration grabs attention, making phrases more catchy in marketing or speech.
Donuts - Delicious, Delectable, Divine!
Pro Tip 1/3Creating Mood
Alliteration can set a specific tone or mood in writing, making it more memorable.
The whispering winds were wistful and whimsical.
Pro Tip 2/3Enhancing Flow
Used skillfully, alliteration enhances the rhythm and flow of sentences for better readability.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Pro Tip 3/3Attention Grabber
Alliteration grabs attention, making phrases more catchy in marketing or speech.
Donuts - Delicious, Delectable, Divine!
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The pleasure of poetic...
"So long lives this and this gives life to thee." In fact, this type of specific consonance, which occurs at the beginning of words may be familiar to you already. It's called alliteration, or front rhyme. Great examples include tongue twisters.
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‘Paris to Pittsburgh’ -...
I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris. Pittsburgh? Now what was upsetting about that, and that alliteration, was the stereotype of our past.
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Different ways of...
helps the alliteration to jump right out. Another a little bit more mathematical. And I wonder if some of you will notice the construction of the sentence
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The pleasure of poetic...
"So long lives this and this gives life to thee." In fact, this type of specific consonance, which occurs at the beginning of words may be familiar to you already. It's called alliteration, or front rhyme. Great examples include tongue twisters.
Video examples
‘Paris to Pittsburgh’ -...
I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris. Pittsburgh? Now what was upsetting about that, and that alliteration, was the stereotype of our past.
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Different ways of...
helps the alliteration to jump right out. Another a little bit more mathematical. And I wonder if some of you will notice the construction of the sentence
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Quote examples
Ben Gibbard
American Musician
Everybody has a language or code that they use with their wife or their girlfriend or boyfriend or what have you. It's a language aside from the language they have with strangers. I've always been maybe an abuser of alliteration, but I've always loved it and I like how those words sound together.
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Neil Morrissey
English Actor
We get the papers: I prefer broadsheets because I had the fear of God put into me by the tabloids and, though I'm very much over it, I still don't really like to read them. It's a destructive vernacular that makes me angry and scared, and it is all sensationalist onomatopoeia and alliteration.
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Rick Moranis
Canadian Actor
Until 1982, Canada Day was known as Dominion Day. I always thought that had more of a ring to it. Beyond the zippy alliteration, it reminded us citizens that our domain of orderly domesticity was graced by the dominant power of our 'Dominus.
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Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist
Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid immediate alliteration and assonance in favor of echoes placed later in the poems.
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Tom Green
Canadian Comedian
I've always really enjoyed sounds and alliteration and funny words and funny melodies.
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Ben Gibbard
American Musician
Everybody has a language or code that they use with their wife or their girlfriend or boyfriend or what have you. It's a language aside from the language they have with strangers. I've always been maybe an abuser of alliteration, but I've always loved it and I like how those words sound together.
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Neil Morrissey
English Actor
We get the papers: I prefer broadsheets because I had the fear of God put into me by the tabloids and, though I'm very much over it, I still don't really like to read them. It's a destructive vernacular that makes me angry and scared, and it is all sensationalist onomatopoeia and alliteration.
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Rick Moranis
Canadian Actor
Until 1982, Canada Day was known as Dominion Day. I always thought that had more of a ring to it. Beyond the zippy alliteration, it reminded us citizens that our domain of orderly domesticity was graced by the dominant power of our 'Dominus.
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Margaret Atwood
Canadian Novelist
Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid immediate alliteration and assonance in favor of echoes placed later in the poems.
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Tom Green
Canadian Comedian
I've always really enjoyed sounds and alliteration and funny words and funny melodies.
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