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Word: Alliteration
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: from medieval Latin alliteratio(n-), from Latin ad- (expressing addition) + littera ‘letter’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Short Definition:occurrence of same letter or sound at beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Examples:- the alliteration of ‘sweet birds sang’
- alliterations are clustered in the last few lines
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