mokon wrote:what's alliteration?
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al·lit·er·a·tion /əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[uh-lit-uh-rey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
-noun 1. the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration), as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration), as in each to all. Compare consonance (def. 4a).
2. the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in apt alliteration's artful aid.
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[Origin: 1650-60; < ML alliterātiōn-, s. of alliterātiō, equiv. to al- al- + literātiō, modeled after obliterātiō obliteration but intended to convey a deriv. of littera letter]