Definition of "alliteration" []

• The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables, as in "on scrolls of silver snowy sentences” ( Hart Crane). Modern alliteration is predominantly consonantal; certain literary traditions, such as Old English verse, also alliterate using vowel sounds. (noun)

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• "“The word alliteration is hardly new,” Grandma Margaret said."
• "The alliteration is killer (especially friggin flabbergastedness), and really helps propel the language along."
• "If he was related to these kings, that would be consistent with but is not proved by the name alliteration and his position of authority."