ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Tongue twisters offer some fun examples of alliteration, such as “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers” and “Sally sells sea shells down by the seashore.”

Detailed explanation-2: -1. Alliteration The repetition of an initial consonant sound. Examples: • She sells seashells on the seashore. Lazy leaping lizard.

Detailed explanation-3: -alliteration, in prosody, the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables. Sometimes the repetition of initial vowel sounds (head rhyme) is also referred to as alliteration. As a poetic device, it is often discussed with assonance and consonance.

Detailed explanation-4: -Alliteration: The repetition of a beginning consonant sound, usually in a line or verse or in a sentence.