alliteration

Summary

alliteration ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,070 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• alliteration is a type of literary consonance^[2].
• alliteration is a type of stylistic device^[3].
• alliteration's Commons category is recorded as Alliteration^[4].
• alliteration's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[5].
• alliteration's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[6].
• alliteration's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[7].
• alliteration's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[8].
• alliteration's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[9].
• alliteration's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[10].
• alliteration's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary^[11].
• alliteration's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q56296676^[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include literary consonance^[2] and stylistic device^[3].

Influence

Things named for alliteration include Philadelphia Phillies^[13], a baseball team^[14], in United States^[15], founded in 1883^[16], headquartered in Philadelphia^[17].

Why It Matters

alliteration ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,070 views/month).^[1] alliteration has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] alliteration is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]

Entities named for alliteration include Philadelphia Phillies^[13], a baseball team^[14], in United States^[15], founded in 1883^[16], headquartered in Philadelphia^[17].