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How about this word game?
Try forming sentences using words that begin with the same letter. See who can form the longest sentence without repeating a single word.
Some simple rules: lists of nouns (she saw ships, sailors, sea serpents...), verbs, or adverbs are not allowed to have more than
3 commas and the semicolon cannot be used to elongate a sentence. Proper names are not allowed, except countries, cities and famous people. Hyphens are allowed if properly used.
A simple example: "Angry animals are aggressive and attack anyone."
The Greatest Story Ever Told
http://www.halfbake...Story_20Ever_20Told
Tangerine-toed trilobites terrorised Trafalgar, tantalisingly trepanning trespassers toasting tupperware [-alx, Apr 09 2002, last modified Oct 04 2004]
(?) Alliteration Archive
http://users.erols.com/dweeb/
Actually, there are some subtle differences between a traditional alliteration and this game. But you still might enjoy these. Making up alliterations is a popular 3rd grade game for building vocabulary; you can find quite a lot of illustrated alliterations on the web. [jutta, Apr 09 2002]
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All afternoon at Atlanta, acting Algerians assault ambulances, ambling ancient authors affront artists, and androids are added at an academy. |
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Could have gone on with that, but my brain was starting to hurt. |
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This is known as alliteration, my dear [baboo]. |
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Unless you can get the first stressed-syllable consonants to rhyme and then it is called a head rhyme. |
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Unctuous, uncaring underer. |
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There was a fair bit of this in the world famous "Greatest Story Ever Told", was there not? |
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When I read the title "Alphabetical Sentences," I immediately thought of something like "A Blond Cardiologist Drove Erratically, Following Government Health Inspectors. Japanese Kamikaze Lawyers Make Nurses Over-Prescribe Quinine -- Really, Shock Therapy Using Very Warm X-rays Yields Zip" or something like that :-) (Phew, forgot the "K" the first time) |
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BTW, would an organization called "Alliterates Anonymous" defeat the point? |
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Dit dit dit dah dah dah dit dit dit... |
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<pedant>When the beginning sound in the words is a vowel, it is not called alliteration, but instead assonance.</pedant> |
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I like the sentence, mrouse. |
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At this point I would add links to poems that use this technique, if it wasn't for the fact that I can't be arsed. |
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brawny bullies bearing bricks bugged Billy beachside,but being big babies became bored before bedtime |
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"<pedant>When the beginning sound in the words is a vowel, it is not called alliteration, but instead assonance.</pedant>" |
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I'll out pedant that, because it's wrong. Repeated sounds at the start of the word is definitely alliteration. |
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Assonance is repeated vowel sounds within the words, e.g. |
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Beneath the leaves of green and gold the woodland creatures sleep. |
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Since this repeats the long "ee" sound, it is certainly assonance. Oddly, beginning with a vowel, may possibly be classified as assonance AND alliteration. But I can't let a bad definition lie unpoked :) |
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Alphabetical an by is mean sentence this what you ? |
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