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alliteration meaning and definition

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ALLITERATION noun

Definition of alliteration (noun)

  1. A writing style where words start with the same sound or letter (use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse).
    • "The sentence 'She sells seashells by the seashore' is an example of alliteration."
    • "He used alliteration in his poem to make it more memorable."
    • "around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
    • synonyms: beginning rhyme, head rhyme, initial rhyme
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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