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What does alliteration mean?

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Noun
  1. The repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
  2. The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
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Storybooks containing alliteration provide opportunities for children to hear words that have the same beginning sounds.
And would somebody please verbally flog me for the alliteration in the last sentence?
They could add descriptive words, phrases or sentences, or they could write a poem, haiku, alliteration, metaphor, or perhaps words from a song.
His articles and alliteration were immensely popular with the working class and Truth's circulation skyrocketed.
They composed and recited poems in a fairly simple verse form which relied heavily on alliteration and also the use of kennings.
Well, I've decided on a name that has a radical feel, contains alliteration and just sounds kinda smart.

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