Alliteratie is een stijlfiguur waarbij gebruik wordt gemaakt van gelijkenis in beginklank.
Een klassieker in de Engelse taal: “She sells seashells by the sea-shore.”
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'I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch'
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'Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely'
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'We surely shall see the sun shine soon'
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'How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood'
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'Betty Botter bought some butter but she said the butter’s bitter
If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter will make my batter better, so ‘twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter'
'Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said the butter’s bitter
If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter, but a bit of better butter will make my batter better. So ‘twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter'
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'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?'