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MenuEnglish - Grammar - Alliteration: Learn

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Green bullet Alliteration is the name for repeating sounds in words.

Green bullet The repeated sound is usually at the beginning of words.

EXAMPLES

She sells sea shells on the sea shore

Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor'

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper

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Green bullet Alliteration is used to create special effects.

Green bullet It is used a lot in nursery rhymes and poetry.

Green bullet It's also used in pop songs, and in advertising.

Green bullet Alliteration is often used in nursery rhymes.

Green bullet It makes them easier to remember.

    Baa baa blacksheep
    Have you any wool?
    Yes sir, no sir.
    Three bags full.

Green bullet It's also used in TV adverts, so that slogans will stick in your mind:

    Snap, crackle and pop

Green bullet Alliteration is also used in pop songs and football chants.

 
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NB! Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds, whereas assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds.

 
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