Alliteration is used in both written and spoken English. You can find examples in poetry, advertising and events commentary. It is often used in newspaper headlines to grab the reader's attention.

The importance of sounds and rhymes in changing the feeling of a poem. Oliver defines several sound devices and gives examples: Alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia, to name a few.

Read the poem aloud and pay attention to the sound and rhythm of the words. Look out for meter patterns and rhyme schemes, as well as literary devices related to sounds, such as alliteration ...

Alliteration, as shown by the many Vs in the book’s title, is “the repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession whose purpose is to provide an audible pulse that gives ...

If you have read The Lord of the Rings, there is a good chance that you skipped over one or more of the 75 songs and poems in J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy epic. Yet long before he was the "father of ...

You'll examine poetic language, exploring how elements such as rhythm, pacing, alliteration and repetition can transform a line and make it sing. You'll also study traditional and emerging forms as ...