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'''Alliteration''' is the repetition of leading [[vowel]] or [[consonant]] sounds in adjacent words as in, "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers" |
'''Alliteration''' is the repetition of leading [[vowel]] or [[consonant]] sounds in adjacent words as in, "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers". Assonance includes but is not limited to [[alliteration]] with vowel sounds. |
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Alliteration is more a feature of [[Meter (poetry)|verse]] than [[prose]]. It is used in (mainly modern) [[English language|English-language]] poetry, and is particularly important in [[Old French]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Celtic languages]]. |
Alliteration is more a feature of [[Meter (poetry)|verse]] than [[prose]]. It is used in (mainly modern) [[English language|English-language]] poetry, and is particularly important in [[Old French]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Celtic languages]]. |
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Revision as of 02:08, 10 October 2007
Alliteration is the repetition of leading vowel or consonant sounds in adjacent words as in, "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers". Assonance includes but is not limited to alliteration with vowel sounds.
Alliteration is more a feature of verse than prose. It is used in (mainly modern) English-language poetry, and is particularly important in Old French, Spanish and Celtic languages.
The eponymous student of Willy Russell's Educating Rita described it as "getting the rhyme wrong".