{"id":25888,"date":"2021-03-03T08:05:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T12:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?p=25888"},"modified":"2021-03-09T08:22:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T12:22:48","slug":"what-is-alliteration-used-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/03\/what-is-alliteration-used-for\/","title":{"rendered":"What is alliteration used for"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Try this literary device in headlines, leads &amp; quotes<\/h2>\n<p>Remember Barack Obama\u2019s speeches? Those lyrical lines like:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25889\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25889\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/03\/what-is-alliteration-used-for\/what-is-alliteration-used-for\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/what-is-alliteration-used-for.png\" data-orig-size=\"450,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"what-is-alliteration-used-for\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A series of words that starts with the same sound&lt;\/strong&gt; Bring the alliteration of poetry to your headlines, leads and quotes. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/beauty-alphabet-set-red-lipstick-letters-348824879&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image by EverBeauty&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/what-is-alliteration-used-for-300x200.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/what-is-alliteration-used-for.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/what-is-alliteration-used-for.png\" alt=\"What is alliteration used for\" title=\"What is alliteration used for\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25889 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/what-is-alliteration-used-for.png 450w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/what-is-alliteration-used-for-300x200.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 450px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 450\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25889\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2021\/03\/what-is-alliteration-used-for\/what-is-alliteration-used-for\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/what-is-alliteration-used-for.png\" data-orig-size=\"450,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"what-is-alliteration-used-for\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A series of words that starts with the same sound&lt;\/strong&gt; Bring the alliteration of poetry to your headlines, leads and quotes. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/beauty-alphabet-set-red-lipstick-letters-348824879&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Image by EverBeauty&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/what-is-alliteration-used-for-300x200.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/what-is-alliteration-used-for.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/what-is-alliteration-used-for.png\" alt=\"What is alliteration used for\" title=\"What is alliteration used for\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/what-is-alliteration-used-for.png 450w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/what-is-alliteration-used-for-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>A series of words that starts with the same sound<\/strong> Bring the alliteration of poetry to your headlines, leads and quotes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/beauty-alphabet-set-red-lipstick-letters-348824879\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Image by EverBeauty<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h5 class=\"standalone\">\u201cLet us resist the temptation to fall back on the same <em>partisanship and pettiness<\/em> and immaturity that has <em>poisoned our politics<\/em> for so long.\u201d<\/h5>\n<p>And:<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"standalone\">\u201cDrive the <em>scourge of slavery from our soil<\/em>.\u201d<\/h5>\n<p>Lovely.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, alliteration \u201cmakes your language lyrical,\u201d wirites Sam Horn, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0399532765\/wwwwyliecomco-20\/002-0054577-9872826?creative=327641&amp;camp=14573&amp;adid=0J5YDTT1GMJYJC42CQ4C&amp;link_code=as1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>POP! Stand Out in Any Crowd<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alliterative phrases built on a repetition of sounds also draw attention to your message, create rhythm, create mood and make your messages more memorable.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not talking nursery rhymes or tongue twisters, of course. Forget <em>Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers<\/em>. We don\u2019t even care if you alliterate vowel sounds or consonant sounds.<\/p>\n<p>But do tap the power of alliteration for your headlines, leads and quotes.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Alliterate your headlines.<\/h3>\n<p>Alliteration makes your headlines more engaging and memorable. That\u2019s the approach Eastman Chemical communicators used when they wrote this headline, summarizing some of the things the company\u2019s R&amp;D department had worked on recently:<\/p>\n<h5>Satellites, Soap and Succotash<\/h5>\n<p>Copy editor Damen Clow of Scripps Newspapers earned an American Copy Editors Society\u2019s headline contest award for a portfolio that included this alliterative headline:<\/p>\n<h5>Shiatsu for your Shih Tzu?<\/h5>\n<h6>Certified massage therapist\u2019s skills go straight to the dogs in Camarillo<\/h6>\n<p>And <em>The New York Times<\/em> copyeditors produced this alliterative headline and deck:<\/p>\n<h5>Tutus and testosterone<\/h5>\n<h6>Men behaving balletically<\/h6>\n<h3>2. Alliterate your leads.<\/h3>\n<p>Grab attention at the top your story with an alliterative lead, like this one from a <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> piece on the trend toward giving stocks as Christmas presents:<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"standalone\">Consider stuffing their stockings with stocks.<\/h5>\n<h3>3. Alliterate your quotes.<\/h3>\n<p>Alliteration makes your subject matter expert sound \u201cinstantly eloquent,\u201d Horn says.<\/p>\n<p>So write alliterative sound bites, like this one from a Silver Anvil Award-winning press release for Hallmark:<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"standalone\">\u201cThe stuff of Shoebox is what we experience in our daily lives,\u201d says Kim Newton, product manager. \u201cIt\u2019s what <em>turns us on or ticks us off<\/em>, but it\u2019s what we are all going through together.\u201d<\/h5>\n<p>A writer for H&amp;R Block used the same technique for this release quote:<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"standalone\">\u201cAny law dealing with an issue as complicated as taxes is bound to have <em>errors, omissions and an \u2018oops\u2019 or two,<\/em>\u201d says Kathy Burlison, EA, tax research and training specialist at H&amp;R Block.<\/h5>\n<p>Have a little list? Alliterate that, as this Harvard professor did, in a quote that ended up in a <em>New York Times<\/em> article about treating Ebola:<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"standalone\">\u201cYou need the four S\u2019s,\u201d he said. \u201cStaff, stuff, space, systems.\u201d<\/h5>\n<p>Alliterate your sound bites, and your subject-matter experts will never come off as boring talking heads.<\/p>\n<h3>Don\u2019t over-alliterate.<\/h3>\n<p>I love to alliterate. Given time, I\u2019d alliterate my to-do list. That\u2019s why John B. Bremner, a journalism professor at the University of Kansas, once pulled me aside and said \u2014 warning me off alliteration while perfectly alliterating himself:<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"standalone\">\u201cAnn, a little alliteration goes a long way.\u201d<\/h5>\n<p>So keep it to that: a little alliteration.<\/p>\n<h3>Next steps<\/h3>\n<p>Learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/writing-tips\/how-to-write-creative-content\/how-to-use-wordplay\/how-to-use-alliteration\/\">more about alliteration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='MC-AOS-PWYW' class='widgets_on_page wop_tiny1  wop_small1  wop_medium1  wop_large1  wop_wide1'>\n\t\t\t<ul><li id=\"custom_html-31\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html\"><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><a title=\"Master the Art of Storytelling - Ann Wylie's creative-content workshop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/corporate-communications-training\/writing-classes\/business-storytelling-training\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/storytelling-workshop.png\" alt=\"Master the Art of Storytelling - Ann Wylie's creative-content workshop\" title=\"Master the Art of Storytelling - Ann Wylie's creative-content workshop\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/250;float:left; text-align:left; margin: 0 auto; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 18x; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; color: #FFFFFF; max-width:100%; max-height:100%;\" class=\"img-max lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/storytelling-workshop.png\" alt=\"Master the Art of Storytelling - Ann Wylie's creative-content workshop\" title=\"Master the Art of Storytelling - Ann Wylie's creative-content workshop\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" style=\"float:left; text-align:left; margin: 0 auto; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 18x; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px; color: #FFFFFF; max-width:100%; max-height:100%;\" class=\"img-max\"><\/noscript><\/a><h3>How can you tell better business stories?<\/h3>\r\n<p>Stories are so effective that Og Mandino, the late author of the bestselling <em>The Greatest Salesman in the World<\/em>, says, \u201cIf you have a point, find a story.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Learn to find, develop and write stories that engage readers\u2019 hearts and minds in our <a title=\"Master the Art of Storytelling - Ann Wylie's creative-content workshop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/corporate-communications-training\/writing-classes\/business-storytelling-training\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Master the Art of Storytelling workshops<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>There, you\u2019ll learn how to find the aha! moment that\u2019s the gateway to every anecdote. 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