alliteration

/əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/

IPA: /AH0 L IH1 T ER0 EY0 SH AH0 N/

noun

1
The repetition of consonant sounds 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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