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What Does Alliteration Mean?

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    Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds (b,c, d, f, etc) at the beginning of words, to create a poetic effect or give more emphasis. This is especially effective with hard-sounding consonants such as b, d, t and so on; but any consonants can alliterate.

    The old nursery rhyme "Betty Botter bought a bit of butter" is a good example of this technique. The repetition of the initial sounds creates rhythm and makes the words easier to remember. In older English poetry, rhyme was very rare; poets preferred to use alliteration to give force and unity to their lines. An example can be found in the 14 century poem Piers Plowman:

    The kyng and his knightes to the kirke wente…(The king and his knights went to the church)

    In medieval English, all "kn" words were pronounced with a hard "k", so the "k" sound would be repeated three times in one line.

    Alliteration is also a typical feature of advertising slogans, as in "Guinness is good for you."
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    Wordy  

    answered 3 years ago

      Alliteration is the repeated occurrence of a consonant sound at the beginning of several words in the same phrase.
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      Mathman99  

      answered 10 months ago

        Why would we wait for the woman in white ?

        The above sentence is a an example of alliteration, the repetition of a letter or sound in prose or poetry.
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        Catmom  

        answered 10 months ago

        Need a  alliteration about lakeside
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        Guest

        Guest  

        answered 10 months ago

        Alliteration means two words that are together with the same letter at the beginning ofr e.g silly sausage
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        Ohdannyboi  

        answered 7 months ago

          Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
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          Gamessssss  

          answered 7 months ago

          Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
          use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
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          Gamesaaaaa  

          answered 7 months ago

          Alliteration is where a number of words are started with the same letter .g shooting star, laughing living. Etc..
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          Guest

          Guest  

          answered 7 months ago

          Example of it is
          why won't you watch watermelons?
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          Guest

          Guest  

          answered 6 months ago

          It means to watch porn or do sex
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          Guest

          Guest  

          answered 1 month ago

            A person
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            Guest

            Guest  

            answered 1 month ago

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