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Definition of Alliteration
Alliteration is a figure of speech in which the same sound repeats in a group of words, such as the “b” sound in: “Bob brought the box of bricks to... read full definition
Alliteration is a figure of speech in which the same sound repeats in a group of words, such as the “b” sound in: “Bob brought... read full definition
Alliteration is a figure of speech in which the same sound repeats in a group of words, such as the... read full definition
Key Examples in To the Lighthouse
Time Passes, 9
Explanation and Analysis—The House Decays:
In "Time Passes," the Ramsay family moves out of their summer house on Skye and remains away for a decade. During this period, the house begins to take on a life of its own as it begins to rot and crumble from neglect. The book recounts this transformation using both alliteration and simile at the very beginning of Chapter 9:
The house was left; the house was deserted. It was left like a shell on a sandhill to fill with dry salt grains now that life had left it. The long night seemed to have set in, the trifling airs, nibbling, the clammy breaths, fumbling, seemed to have triumphed. The saucepan had rusted and the mat decayed. Toads had nosed their way in. Idly, aimlessly, the swing shawl swung to and fro. A thistle thrust itself between the tiles in the larder.
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