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Alliteration is a literary device referring to the same consonant sound being used at the beginning of multiple words:
Big blue bag
Seven snakes slithering slowly
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 10y agothe repetition of sounds in a series of words
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∙ 16y agoThis is a word that describes you. For example, if your name is Heather, then you would want a word that starts with 'H ' such as 'Humorous Heather'.
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∙ 13y agoAlliteration is the repetition of one consonant.
Example: Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
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∙ 7y agoThe alliteration of bugs was very irritating. This is the occurrence of a sound repeatedly.
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∙ 7y agoHere are some sentences.
Alliteration is a writing technique.
Alliteration is using the same letter in several words in the same sentence.
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∙ 16y agoalliterative
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What does the figure of speech time stood still mean?
Alliteration and personification
If three words all start with the same letter what is it called?
Alliteration. Repetition of initial consonants or sounds is alliteration, and is very handy for emphasizing a certain phrase, or as a memory aid.
What is the figure of speech for the sentence 'How he roared bellowed and howled'?
Alliteration
What is the criteria for alliteration?
You mean "what are the criteria for alliteration." Criteria is plural.An alliteration is the use of a repeating consonant sound at the beginning of words. They do not need to be spelled the same. They do not need to be immediately adjacent, but any intervening words should be unaccented. "The Quran is kind to Christians" is an alliteration notwithstanding the unaccented words "is" and "to" and the fact that the same sound is spelled in three words with a "q", a "k", and a "ch".On the other hand, "civic charity committee" is not an alliteration because although all three words start with "c" the "c" is pronounced differently in each word.
What figurative language is the fly buzzed past us?
alliteration
What alliteration can you use for six?
Alliteration mean repition of consonant sound in beginning of words in a sentence. Six is word not a sentence.
What does the figure of speech time stood still mean?
Alliteration and personification
What does 'When a Greek meets a Geek' mean?
it is an attempt at alliteration and means nothing
The repetition of initial sounds in two or more words is called?
Alliteration
What does the word alliteration mean?
Alliteration is the use of the same letter or sound usually used at the beginning of each word in a sentence. An example is, She Sells Seashells by the Seashore.
What does the repetition of a consonant sound within a series that produces a harmonious effect mean?
It is the alliteration.
If three words all start with the same letter what is it called?
Alliteration. Repetition of initial consonants or sounds is alliteration, and is very handy for emphasizing a certain phrase, or as a memory aid.
What is a alliteration in the devils arithmatic?
Alliteration
Is ''The cat sat on a mat''is that a alliteration?
no its not
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in poetry is called?
its called alliteration for example, peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
what dose alliteration mean?
The use of the same sound at the beginning of each word in a line or a sentence.
What is the paraphrase of alliteration?
Alliteration is a written sound, such as boom, or bang. So the paraphrase of alliteration would be something such as if the alliteration was "crash", the paraphrase alliteration would be something like, " the plates went crash as they hit the floor". So, a paraphrase alliteration is basically a paraphrase with an alliteration.
