For Alliteration we have terms and definitions in 4 topics. The topics are Drama, Non-Profit Marketing, Poetry and Public Speaking.

Alliteration (Drama)

The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words. Example: "Fetched fresh, as I suppose, off some sweet wood." Hopkins, "In the Valley of the Elwy."

Alliteration (Non-Profit Marketing)

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables.

Alliteration (Poetry)

Also called head rhyme or initial rhyme, the repetition of the initial sounds (usually consonants) of stressed syllables in neighboring words or at short intervals within a line or passage, usually at word beginnings, as in "wild and woolly," or the line from Shelley's "The Cloud":
I bear light shade for the leaves when laid
Sidelight: Alliteration has a gratifying effect on the sound, gives a reinforcement to stresses, and can also serve as a subtle connection or emphasis of key words in the line, but alliterated words should not "call attention" to themselves by strained usage.
(See also Euphony, Modulation, Resonance)
(Compare Assonance, Consonance, Rhyme, Sigmatism)

Alliteration (Public Speaking)

Repetition of the initial consonant sound of close or adjoining words.

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