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Alliteration Definition
What is alliteration? Here’s a quick and simple definition:
Alliteration is a figure of speech in which the same sound repeats in a group of words, such as the “b” sound in: “Bob brought the box of bricks to the basement.” The repeating sound must occur either in the first letter of each word, or in the stressed syllables of those words.
Some additional key details about alliteration:
Alliteration is the repetition of sounds, not just letters.
Alliterative words don’t have to be right next to each other. Other words can appear between them.
Alliteration is found often in poetry and prose, as well as in commercial writing like brand names and marketing taglines.
How to Pronounce Alliteration
Here's how to pronounce alliteration: uh-lit-uh-ray-shun
Understanding the Rules of Alliteration
Alliteration is complicated enough, and there are enough misconceptions about it, that it’s worth taking a closer look at the rules that cover how alliteration works.
Alliteration Doesn’t Require Sequential Words
The repeated sounds of alliteration do not have to appear in sequential words, one immediately after another. A phrase can still contain alliteration if the repeated sounds are separated by other words. For instance, the example below is alliterative despite the “a” and “of”.
Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration Refers to Repeating Sounds, Not Letters
Alliteration isn’t just about repeated letters. It’s about repeated sounds:
Crooks conspire with the kind king.
This example is alliterative because the “c” and “k” produce the same sound even though they are different letters.
Alliteration, First Syllables, and Stressed Syllables
Some people believe that alliteration occurs whenever the repeating sounds occur in the first syllable of a word, while others argue that alliteration only occurs when the sounds occur on stressed, or emphasized, syllables. People holding these two separate views on alliteration would disagree on whether the following two examples are alliterative:
Dan declares that he deserves to debate.
Crooks conspire with the unkind king.
In the first example, the “d” sound clearly occurs in the first syllable of each word, but in three of the words it occurs on an unstressed syllable (de-clares, de-serves, de-bate). In the second example, it occurs in the second syllable of “unkind,” but that second syllable is the stressed one: "un-kind.”
So which side is right? The short answer is that both definitions of alliteration are currently accepted. But, not so long ago, only the stressed-syllable version of alliteration was considered legitimate. Even today many people who really care about alliteration—poets, for instance—would insist that the stressed syllable viewpoint is correct.
Vowels Can Alliterate
While alliteration nowadays most often refers to repetition of the sounds of consonant, vowels can alliterate. For instance, “American alliteration” is alliterative. That said, "open octagon" isn't really alliterative because the "o" makes
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