Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of stressed syllables in a line of poetry or prose. It is used to create a pattern of sound and to emphasize certain words or phrases. For example, in the line "The cat sat on the mat," the repetition of the "t" sound creates a sense of rhythm and draws attention to the words "cat" and "sat."
Here are some other examples of alliteration:
- Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
- The big bad wolf blew down the house of straw.
- She sells seashells by the seashore.
- Fantastically fast frogs fly frantically.
- Theophilus Thistle, the successful thistle-sifter, in sifting a sieve of unsifted thistles, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb.