Even if you're years out of school and not actively taking an English class, it's hard not to note how we use literary and sound devices in music, art, advertising and writing. You've got "Snap, ...

A series of words beginning with the same consonant, used to emphasise a point or create a mood. Tongue twisters are an obvious example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Try saying that ...

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Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant sound in two or more words that are close together, such as “babbling brook” or “dastardly deed”. Alliteration contributes to imagery by ...

From nursery rhymes to Shakespearian sonnets, alliterations have always been an important aspect of poetry whether as an interesting aesthetic touch or just as something fun to read. But a recent ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Hi, I'm Tahlia. Thank you for joining me today to learn about alliteration. Today's learning intention ...

Generally speaking, these Poster poem challenges are either topic-based or call on you to work in a set form. This month, we're going to try something a bit different; the focus is on a technique, but ...