Alliteration Types!

I need to know the different types of alliteration depending on their letters eg. 'S' is called sibilance. I know there isn't a name for every letter but please help and comment all the ones you know! Thanks! PS. Anyone else who does a level English literature is there any techniques we need to know that go beyond GCSE? hope this makes sense!

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username1601611

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Assonance I think (repetition of vowel sounds)

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crashMATHS

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Original post by hannah123.

I need to know the different types of alliteration depending on their letters eg. 'S' is called sibilance. I know there isn't a name for every letter but please help and comment all the ones you know! Thanks! PS. Anyone else who does a level English literature is there any techniques we need to know that go beyond GCSE? hope this makes sense!

's' and 'sh' - sibilant sounds.

'b', 'd', 'p', 't' - plosive sounds.

'l', 'll' (and phonetics that blend to give this sort of sound) - liquid sounds.

'f', 'fr', 'th' (and all sounds that have an almost spitting-quality ) - fricative sounds.

You write about them like: the writer uses the alliteration of the plosive 'b' sound to.../the writer mellifluously runs over soft liquid sounds in quick succession with plosive sounds to... etc.

Hope it helps :smile:

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Santiagotarazona

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Original post by hannah123.

I need to know the different types of alliteration depending on their letters eg. 'S' is called sibilance. I know there isn't a name for every letter but please help and comment all the ones you know! Thanks! PS. Anyone else who does a level English literature is there any techniques we need to know that go beyond GCSE? hope this makes sense!

B is plosive
C is consonance, gutteral
D is dental
F is fricative
G is gutteral, plosive
H is fricative
J is affricative
K is consonance, plosive
L is liquid
M is nasal
N is nasal
P is plosive
R is liquid
S is sibilance, fricative
T is dental
V is fricative
X is sibilance
Z is sibilance, fricative

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armyastronaut

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Original post by Santiagotarazona

B is plosive
C is consonance, gutteral
D is dental
F is fricative
G is gutteral, plosive
H is fricative
J is affricative
K is consonance, plosive
L is liquid
M is nasal
N is nasal
P is plosive
R is liquid
S is sibilance, fricative
T is dental
V is fricative
X is sibilance
Z is sibilance, fricative

what about "w"

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