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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," in which the "p" sound is repeated.

  3. Rhyming dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Rhymes generator, Online rhyme generator for English and German (Types of rhyme: perfect rhymes, general rhymes, assonance, alliteration and pararehyme) Rhyme dictionary, Rhyme generator with perfect and near rhymes; Rhyme finder, Rhyme finder with similar syllables

  4. Alliterative verse - Wikipedia

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    Alliteration essentially involves matching the left edges of stressed syllables. Early Germanic languages share a left-prominent prosodic pattern. In other words, stress falls on the root syllable of a word, which is normally the initial syllable (except where the root is preceded by an unstressed prefix, as in past participles, for example).

  5. 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

  6. Literary consonance - Wikipedia

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    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 types of consonance in poetic analysis and has different uses and effects.

  7. Rhetorical device - Wikipedia

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    In rhetoric, a rhetorical device, persuasive device, or stylistic device is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading them towards considering a topic from a perspective, using language designed to encourage or provoke an emotional display of a given perspective or action.

  8. Why Democrats now support the Hunter Biden pardon - AOL

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    For months, President Joe Biden was clear: Despite his constitutional right to pardon people of crimes, he would not issue a pardon for his son Hunter, who was convicted earlier this year for ...

  9. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    Alliteration: the repetition of initial stressed, consonant sounds in a series of words within a phrase or verse line. [1] Cross rhyme; Holorime: identical pronunciation of different lines; in other words, when two entire lines have the same sound; Imperfect rhyme (aka half or near rhyme) Monorhyme; Pararhyme; Perfect rhyme (aka full or exact ...