Alliteration | Alliteration Meaning, Definition & Illustration
Alliteration Meaning, Definition & Illustration
Alliteration | Alliteration Meaning, Definition & Illustration
Alliteration is a figure of speech that consists in the repetition of the same letter or syllable at the beginning of two or more words in a sentence. Examples:
- Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide, wide sea. –Coleridge
(Here the syllable ‘al’ is repeated in more than two words.)
- The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew
The furrow followed free. –Coleridge
- Birds of a feather flock together.
- A strong man struggles bravely against the storms of life.
- Ruin seizes thee, ruthless king.
- By apt alliteration’s artful aid. –Pope
- Cut your coat according to your cloth.
- He is talking no nonsense.
- Some house hunters are handcapped by the police.
- The wicked witch of the west.
- I feel like making melodies in my heart. 0 0 0.
Alliteration Meaning
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Alliteration Meaning
N. B. The article ‘Alliteration | Alliteration Meaning, Definition & Illustration‘ originally belongs to the book ‘The Rhetoric‘ by Menonim Menonimus.
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Books of Composition by M. Menonimus:
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- Passage Comprehension
- The Art of Poster Writing
- The Art of Letter Writing
- Report Writing
- Story Writing
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- School Essays Part-I
- School Essays Part-II
- School English Grammar Part-I
- School English Grammar Part-II
