Adventures in Absolutely Admirable Alliterations are Always Amazing!

When the beginning of words start with the same consonant or vowel sound in stressed syllables - and the words are close together, the effect is called alliteration.  It takes a bit of listening to hear the repetition of a unit of sound, almost like an echo.  It is a device that is used to have a dramatic impact on the listener.  The sounds may sound similar though the letters may not be similar, such as city and seal, fish and philosophy, quick and cat.

Twisters which illustrate alliteration:

• Angela Abigail Applewhite ate anchovies and artichokes.
• Bertha Bartholomew blew big, blue bubbles.
• Clever Clifford Cutter clumisily closed the closet clasps.
• Dwayne Dwiddle drew a drawing of dreaded Dracula.
• Elmer Elwood eluded elven elderly elephants.
• Floyd Flingle flipped flat flapjacks.
• Greta Gruber grabbed a group of green grapes.
• Hattie Henderson hated happy healthy hippos.
• Ida Ivy identified the ivory iris.
• Julie Jackson juggled the juicy, jiggly jello.
• Karl Kessler kept the ketchup in the kitchen.
• Lila Ledbetter lugged a lot of little lemons.
• Milton Mallard mailed a mangled mango.
• Norris Newton never needed new noodles.
• Patsy planter plucked plump, purple, plastic plums.
• Quinella Quist quite quickly quelled the quarreling quartet.
• Randy Rathbone wrapped a rather rare red rabbit.
• Shelly Sherman shivered in a sheer, short, shirt.
• Trina Tweety tripped two twittering twins under a twiggy tree.
• Uri Udall usually used his unique, unusual unicycle.
• Vicky Vinc viewd a very valuable vase.
• Walter Whipple warily warned the weary warrior.
• Xerxes Xenon expected to xerox extra x-rays.
• Yolana Yvonne Yarger yodeled up yonder yesterday.
• Zigmund Zane zig-zagged through the zany zoo zone.

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