Alliteration

=ALLITERATION= The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables Example: Dan’s dog dove deep in the dam, drinking dirty water as he dove. Another example is Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers. Example: Sally sold seashells by the seashore.


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 * A list of examples:**
 * Come and clean your closet.
 * The big bad bear attacked all the little bunnies in the forest.
 * Shut the shutter before it makes you shudder.
 * Go and gather the green leaves in the lawn.
 * Please put your pen away and play the piano.
 * Round and round she ran until she realized she was running round and round.
 * Out with the only open tin of tuna.
 * I had to hurry home because grandma wanted her waffles.
 * The baron was busy as a bee.
 * Garry gathered the garbage.
 * Lazy lizards lying like lumps!
 * Paula planted the petunias in the pot.
 * Kim comes to cut colorful kites.
 * Boil the butter and bring it by the bank.
 * I cook chicken in the kitchen eating cookies

Alliteration in //A Tale of Two Cities//

In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens uses alliteration in the story to create a sentence that will make you look back at it twice and for you to really study the sentence. Also Dickens uses alliteration to emphasize something that he feels you should look at closely. He also uses them to increase the mood of the statement.

“Deep ditches, double drawbridge, massive stone walls, eight great towers, cannon, muskets, fire and smoke.”

Alliteration in Edgar Allan Poe's //The Raven (Safa Sikder)//

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, **weak and weary**, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-- While I **nodded, nearly napping**, suddenly there came a tapping..."

"She sells sea shells by the sea shore" is a famous example of alliteration.

Example of an alliteration: The Turtle Took The Times Tables Test.