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What Is Alliteration?
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Alliteration and its types.
Alliteration is a language device ubiquitous in literature, yet there are several types that differ in their meanings. Do you know all of them? (Please do excuse the very exaggerated examples.)
Alliteration- The classic. Alliteration is the repeated sound of the first letter across many words.
Time tethered tightly to this tale.
Assonance- Like alliteration but with repeated vowel* sounds.
Opulent oranges are ordered and organised amazingly so over there.
Consonance- Like alliteration but with repeated consonant* sounds.
Novices never knew not to negotiate at night.
Sibilance- The repetition of the ‘s’ sound.
Sneaky snakes slither smoothly across the sand.
Plosive- The repeated sounds of ‘p’ and ‘b’.
Perhaps books shall bring back pockets of broken memories.
Fricative- The repeated sounds of ‘f’, ‘ph’ and ‘v’.
Freckled dolphins flashed frantically, verging on violent, in the sea.
Dental- The repeated sounds of ‘d’ and ‘t’.
