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= Alliteration Sample Page =

** Alliteration is the repetition of the initial sounds of a word, either consonants or vowels. It can add musicality to language. **

// Swing // low, // sweet // chariot, // Comin' // for to // carry // me home. –Traditional Spiritual

** Poets use alliteration to make words stand out and to connect words that need to be emphasized. **

What happens to a // d //// ream deferred // ? // D //// oes // it // d //// ry // up - Langston Hughes

Like poets, hip-hop artists also use alliteration to emphasize words, sounds, and musicality.

// Artificial amateurs //, // aren't at all amazing // // Analytically //, I // assault // , // animate // things // Broken barriers bounded by // the // bomb beat // // Buildings // are // broken, basically // I'm // bombarding // -Blackalicious

My example:

// Bound // // by // the // barbs // of the // mindless majority // …