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alliteration

al.lit.er.a.tion \*-.lit-*-'ra--sh*n\ n [ad- + L littera letter] : the 
   repetition of usu. initial consonant sounds in two or more neighbori ng 
   words or syllables (as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) - called also 
   head rhyme, initial rhyme