Onomatopoeia
- a word that imitates the sound it represents
Zip, meow, woof, splash, bang, buzz, click, swoosh, pow, bam, tick, clap
Alliteration
- The matching or repitition of consonants or repeating of the same letter
Alliteration was used instead of rhyme in the old days, such as in this example from Beowulf:
Now Beowulf bode in the burg of the Scyldings, Leader beloved, and long he ruled
In fame with all folk since his father had gone
Winters, K. Whooo's Haunting the Teeny Tiny Ghost?
The timid teeny tiny ghost stood by the slippery silver
slide.
