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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. Stylistic device - Wikipedia

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   Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Example: "...many a man is making friends with death/ Even as I speak, for lack of love alone." (Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Sonnet 30"). Alliteration is used by an author to create emphasis, to add beauty to the writing style, and occasionally to aid in shaping the mood.

4. Poetic devices - Wikipedia

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   Poetic devices that have a sonic quality achieve specific effects when heard. Words with a sound-like quality can strike readers as soothing or dissonant while evoking certain thoughts and feelings associated with them. Alliteration–Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent ...

5. Short, sharp shock - Wikipedia

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   The phrase "short, sharp shock" describes a punishment that is severe but which only lasts for a short time. [1] It is an example of alliteration.Although the phrase originated earlier, it was popularised in Gilbert and Sullivan's 1885 comic opera The Mikado, where it appears in the song near the end of Act I, "I Am So Proud". [2]

6. Wikipedia:Language learning centre/Word list - Wikipedia

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   Drawing up a comprehensive list of words in English is important as a reference when learning a language as it will show the equivalent words you need to learn in the other language to achieve fluency. A big list will constantly show you what words you don't know and what you need to work on and is useful for testing yourself.

7. Scheme (rhetoric) - Wikipedia

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   Alliteration – A series of words that begin with the same letter or sound alike; Anaphora – The repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses; Anadiplosis – Repetition of a word at the end of a clause at the beginning of another; Antanaclasis – Repetition of a word in two different senses

8. Perfect and imperfect rhymes - Wikipedia

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   Perfect rhyme (also called full rhyme, exact rhyme, [1] or true rhyme) is a form of rhyme between two words or phrases, satisfying the following conditions: [2] [3] The stressed vowel sound in both words must be identical, as well as any subsequent sounds. For example, the words kit and bit form a perfect rhyme, as do spaghetti and already. [4] [5]

9. Pleonasm - Wikipedia

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   A familiar example to American English speakers would be the allegedly optional "-al-", probably most commonly seen in "publically" vs. "publicly"—both spellings are considered correct/acceptable in American English, and both pronounced the same, in this dialect, rendering the "publically" spelling pleonastic in US English; in other dialects ...