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What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words called?
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∙ 12y ago
You might be looking for "geminate cluster." This would be like the "b b" in "grab bag." In English we don't usually have these in single words, but some languages such as Italian do. For example, in Italian, "spaghetti" sounds differently than it would if it had only one "t."
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoAlliteration.
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It can also be consonance. The distinction is in where the consonant sounds are placed -- within or at the beginning of the word.
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∙ 10y agoIt is called consonance. If the consonants are all in stressed syllables, it is called alliteration.
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∙ 13y agoI think you you're thinking of alliteration
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∙ 8y agoIf it's at the beginning of a word, it's called 'alliteration'.
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∙ 13y agoconsonance :)
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∙ 12y agoAlliteration
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∙ 14y agoconsonance
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Repetition of consonant letters or sounds?
That repetition would involve an onomatopoeia.
Repetition of sound usually of consonants?
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called alliteration, otherwise it's called consonance.
What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginning of the words?
Alliteration.
What is the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables?
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called alliteration.ex. Snow and Snarl, Cat and KayakRepetition of consonant sounds in the middle of words is called consonance.ex. Police and Collection, Chamber and LiberateRepetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words is called assonance.ex. Snow and Police, Snarl and Kayak
What is a repetition of letters in a word called?
Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sounds and assonance is the repetition of the same vowel sounds.
In Anglo-Saxon poetry what literary device is the repetition of initial consonant sounds?
Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds.
What is the poetc name is this called more than word beginning with the same sound on a line?
The repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence is called alliteration. The repetition of vowel sounds is called assonance. Alliteration: "big, bouncing, beautiful balls" Assonance: "fat-assed amateurs"
The repetition of similar consonant sounds in the middle or at the end of words?
consonance-repetition of middle or final consonant sounds
In poetry what is it called when words having similar ending consonant sounds such as with soul and fall?
That is called consonance. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words in close proximity.
The repetition of initial consonant sounds?
Alliteration
The repetition of beginning sounds for effect is called what?
Alliteration
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds in poetry is called?
its called alliteration for example, peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
