Greg grunted gruffly as he tried to learn how to use an alliteration. From LearnThat.org.
Because ‘Mat Leave Monday’ has alliteration, and the word alliteration is grown-up and thinky. From Wordnik.com. [» Mat Leave Monday Strocel.com] Reference
If he was related to these kings, that would be consistent with but is not proved by the name alliteration and his position of authority. From Wordnik.com. [Kings of Lindsey] Reference
Or you go with the first syllable, last name alliteration and options such as. From Wordnik.com. [What's In A Name: The Key to Victory] Reference
A little alliteration is always nice also, check out what this lady does with books!. From Wordnik.com. [Are you ready for some football? « Awful Library Books] Reference
An alliteration addict from Brazil has asked whether the notion of alliteration has to be purely sound-based. From Wordnik.com. [On alliterating, or not] Reference
He is particularly given to an alternate alliteration, which is, perhaps, when well used, a great secret in melody. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Remains, Volume 1] Reference
Moreover the alliteration, which is peculiar to English euphuism, gives it a musical element which its continental parallels lacked. From Wordnik.com. [John Lyly] Reference
There's no singel answer for what a technique such as alliteration "does.". From Wordnik.com. [Explications] Reference
Traits of style, such as alliteration and figures of speech, so far as they can be judged from the translation. From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Literature] Reference
A kind of alliteration between the two; as long as the name only served to recall her significant utterance, and that it adequately did. From Wordnik.com. [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference
MARTIN: I think they were going for the alliteration. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty Shop Takes On Lady Gaga, Christine O'Donnell] Reference
(Then speechwriter William Safire's amok alliteration.). From Wordnik.com. [The Sultan Of The Suburbs] Reference
Point out sentences that contain examples of alliteration. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
You don't have to worry about rhyme or alliteration or meter. From Wordnik.com. [Haiku Takes To Twitter, 140 Characters At A Time] Reference
Consonance is very similar to this latter form of alliteration. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of English Versification] Reference
Nearer to our own time, Byron makes a frequent use of alliteration. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
Find in the models examples of antithesis, alliteration, and simile. From Wordnik.com. [Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School] Reference
Against alliteration the question had already been given by default. From Wordnik.com. [English literary criticism] Reference
Very remarkable is the combination of rime and frequent alliteration in. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of English Versification] Reference
MARTIN: Which sometimes bad things happen when alliteration is the goal. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty Shop Takes On Lady Gaga, Christine O'Donnell] Reference
Station, we notice as a curious coincidence of alliteration, the sign. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886] Reference
Find in the model an example of alliteration and an example of antithesis. From Wordnik.com. [Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School] Reference
While it a witty bit of alliteration, the title “Car Czar” no longer applies. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzword: Autocrat] Reference
Another poet would have been thankful for the alliteration with which he'd been born. From Wordnik.com. [Elegy for the Executive Director] Reference
Find lines in which alliteration is used e.g. "sudden sally," "field and fallow," etc. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
"All right, we'll excuse you this time, but, hereafter, keep away from alliteration," warned Sara. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference
The taste for alliteration was destined to survive; it has never completely disappeared in England. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman together try their own version of Beowolfian gnarled and snarling alliteration. From Wordnik.com. [The Sincerest Form of Ridicule] Reference
The English is as follows, but the alliteration and rhythm of the Welsh do not appear in the translation. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
The Stanfield and Grieve, upon whose names the happy alliteration is made, are supposed to be celebrated English scene painters. From Wordnik.com. [Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas] Reference
Some cocky reporter was probably still patting himself on the back for cleverly ramming that turgid alliteration into his headline. From Wordnik.com. [Perish The Thought] Reference
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