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  2. Alliteration - Wikipedia

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    Alliteration is the repetition of syllable-initial consonant sounds between nearby words, or of syllable-initial vowels if the syllables in question do not start with a consonant. [1] It is often used as a literary device. A common example is "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers".

  3. Literary consonance - Wikipedia

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    Consonance may be regarded as the counterpart to the vowel-sound repetition known as assonance. Alliteration is a special case of consonance where the repeated consonant sound is at the stressed syllable, [2] as in "few flocked to the fight" or "around the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran". Alliteration is usually distinguished from other ...

  4. Assonance - Wikipedia

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    Assonance is the repetition of identical or similar phonemes in words or syllables that occur close together, either in terms of their vowel phonemes (e.g., lean green meat) or their consonant phonemes (e.g., Kip keeps capes ). [1]

  5. Poetry from Daily Life: Capturing crackling consonants ... - AOL

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    I love playing with poetic devices like alliteration (the repetition of beginning sounds), assonance (the repetition of vowel sounds) and onomatopoeia (words that sound like their meaning) to ...

  6. Rhetorical device - Wikipedia

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    Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds across words which have been deliberately chosen. It is different from alliteration as it can happen at any place in the word, not just the beginning. [6] In the following example, the k sound is repeated five times. ...with streaks of light, And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels...

  7. Paroemion - Wikipedia

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    The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words (as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) is also called head rhyme or initial rhyme. An example of paroemion is: The delicious doughnut drew delicate designs, drizzling delectable damson drops down Dave's duck-down vest.

  8. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    Chiasmus: repetition of any group of verse elements (including rhyme and grammatical structure) in reverse order. [1] Consonance: the repetition of identical or similar consonants in neighboring words whose vowel sounds are different Alliteration: the repetition of initial stressed, consonant sounds in a series of words within a phrase or verse ...

  9. List of forms of word play - Wikipedia

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    Onomatopoeia: a word or a grouping of words that imitates the sound it is describing; Phonetic reversal; Rhyme: a repetition of identical or similar sounds in two or more different words Alliteration: matching consonants sounds at the beginning of words; Assonance: matching vowel sounds; Consonance: matching consonant sounds