alliteration
Example Sentences
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The dialogue snaps with playful alliteration, repetition and puns, even rhymes that punch up lines rather than overpower them.
From New York Times
As for other possibilities: Washington Warriors has the advantage of alliteration, but it could draw criticism for being militaristic.
From Washington Post
But now Pittsburgh is ticked off, too — sorry, can’t use the alliteration.
From Washington Post
The sprightly meter of the text abounds with exact rhymes and slant rhymes, as well as playful consonance, assonance and alliteration, carrying along the play’s stream-of-consciousness-styled progression of ideas.
From New York Times
In “Ode to the Beloved’s Hips,” she rockets through alliteration and other sonic devices as she plunders metaphor for rapturous praise:
From New York Times
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