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, ...

Erica Ramos Cruz helps students learn about alliteration. Erica Ramos Cruz prompts students to “listen like a lynx” and learn about alliteration.

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 ...

Americans are awash in alliteration. We are victims of anxious advertising executives and publicity-hungry politicians. Desperate to sell their messages quickly, they repeatedly load their slogans ...

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 ...

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