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a sound device in which similar or identical consonants in words (usually the first letter), which are close together, are repeated for emphasis and sometimes to suggest sound, e.g. the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle (Owen).
a paragraph in which the topic sentence is situated at the beginning of the paragraph.
(also called subject, subject matter, issue) what a piece of writing is about.
a punctuation mark which links two or more words: step-sister; brother-in-law.
an adverb that tells us how much of or to what degree something is done, e.g. He was most...