Alliteration Flashcards
1
Q
B
A
- Hard / plosive (makes an explosive sound when pronounced)
- Percussive sounds (like beating / sound made by
banging things together) / harsh physical sound / adds
to sinister nature / creates a sense of abruptness or
authority
2
Q
C – hard (like K)
A
- Hard / guttural / plosive
- Harsher sounds create a feeling of hardness / too many create cacophony and can reinforce the action in the poem/ give a sense of abruptness or authority
3
Q
C – soft (like S & Z)
A
- Sibilants (hissing) –> sinister
- Sibilants (hissing bring to mind snakes, a common image for evil as with the biblical serpent; the sound of the wind in trees or to create a hushed reverential tone.
4
Q
D
A
- Hard / plosive
- Give a sense of abruptness or authority elicits visceral reactions
5
Q
F
A
- Hard/ harsh
- harsh physical sound / adds to sinister nature/ breathlessness?
6
Q
FL (consonance)
[e.g fly, flow, flicker]
A
- Suggestive of lightness and/or quickness
7
Q
G
A
- Hard / guttural / plosive
- Harsher sounds create a feeling of hardness
8
Q
GL (consonance)
[e.g Gleam, glisten, glow, glint]
A
- Refer to brightness
- Holy, sacred, enlightenment??? (context)
9
Q
H
A
- Soft/ breathy
- Suggests breathlessness / Has soothing effect
10
Q
J
A
- Gliding (sound created while breathing out)
- Adds a child-like quality/ sing-song effect?
11
Q
L
A
- Soft
- Used in lullabies / soothing sound / produces an effect of lightness
12
Q
M
A
- Soft
- used in lullabies / soothing sound
13
Q
N
A
- Hard
- Adds a halting cadence to the grim, negative text.
14
Q
P
A
- Hard / plosive/ impactful
(makes an explosive sound when pronounced) - This recreates the puffs of wind blowing the washing
about. - Can also give a sense of abruptness or authority
depending on context of the poem
15
Q
R
A
- sense of quick, light movement (liquid consonant)
- Can reflect the movement of the object being described
with it
