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Alliteration refers to having two or more words in a group start with the same letter or having stressed syllables start with the same consonant sound or sound group.
Examples:
female, forty, fat, and fertile
tried and true
bewitched, bothered, and bewildered
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoWhen a sound is repeated at the beginning of two or more words, it is called alliteration. For example:
Freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
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∙ 13y agoAlliteration. Usually at the beginning of words: "laughing loudly a little," for instance. Though it can also be in the middle of words that's less common and harder to spot.
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∙ 10y agoThis is called alliteration.
The words do not require the same spelling, such as in "foolish philosophers" (F sound).
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∙ 13y agoAlliteration.
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∙ 13y agoAlliteration
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In Anglo-Saxon poetry what literary device is the repetition of initial consonant sounds?
Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds.
The repetition of initial consonant sounds?
Alliteration
What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginning of the words?
Alliteration.
What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds An example is what happens to a dream deferred?
Alliteration
Are repetition and alliteration the same?
No, repetition is the act of repeating words or phrases, while alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
What is the repitition of a consonant called?
The repetition of the initial consonant is called alliteration. The repetition of the final consonant is consonance.
What is the repetition of initial consonant sound is?
Alliteration.
What literary device is the repetition of initial consonant sounds?
Alliteration.... Ex. Baked bread and buttered beets.
The repetition of similar consonant sounds in the middle or at the end of words?
consonance-repetition of middle or final consonant sounds
What is the repetition of consonant sounds especially in poetry?
alliteration
What is repetition of consonant sounds in stressed syllables?
Alliteration
Is repeating consonant sounds in a sequence of words?
No, consonance is the repetition of consonants. A more specific form of consonance is alliteration, where the first consonant of a word is repeated. Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds.
