What is th term used when you have more than one word that begins with the same letter?

Question

Crazy Carla

Rich Rick

Koo Koo Katy

Answer 1

Alliteration. Always Announced As Alliteration.

Answer 2

The term is indeed alliteration, BUT. . .

The definition of this as "beginning words with the same LETTER" is probably not the best, at least not for English. I prefer the following:

"The repetition of the same SOUNDS or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/alliteration

Why is that important? Because the effect you're after can work even if the letters are different, or may fail when the letters are the same, but mark different sounds. Thus:

These work as alliteration, though using different letters:

* Cap'n Kangaroo
* show of chivalry
* Caesar salad, city slicker
* fun with phonics
* knights and nasty gnomes

But the following do not work as well, and some do not work at all, even though they use the same letter:

* silly shape ["s" and "sh" are related sounds, so can sometimes work, though not exactly the same]
* city cricket champs [three different sounds!]
* honorable Hal [because the first h is silent, cf."horrible Hal" which does work]

Of course, you might sometimes want something like "visual alliteration (if there is such a term) -- as perhaps in a company or product name or advertising slogan on a billboard, where the look, not the sound, is the key.

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Incidentally, look again at the definition above and you'll see that alliteration is not always about the BEGINNING of words but about repeated sounds in the ACCENTED syllables. (In fact, Old English poetry was built around alliteration, much of which was NOT at the beginning of words).

Answer 3

Alliteration

Answer 4

Alliteration

Answer 5

Alliteration - the repetition of the same sounds, not necessarily the same letters.

Answer 6

Alliteration !

Repetition of consonant sounds in two or more neighbouring words or syllables

Answer 7

alleteration (sp?)