Modifies a noun

• verse: Bob and Wheel Device used at the end of the main stanzas in alliterative verse such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

• poem: Alliteration Following our work on alliteration some of the class used their knowledge to create simple alliterative poems.

• line: The alliterative line was normally written in two halves - with each half containing two strongly stressed syllables.

• name: Dickens ' choice of an alliterative name for the hero of his own third novel is a more or less explicit identification with Smollett.

• phrase: Nowadays, it rarely appears on its own, being usually heard in the alliterative phrase.

• style: Harrison updated the language, but kept the powerful, alliterative verse style of the medieval originals.

Modifying Another Word

• appropriately: In appropriately alliterative tabloid style, the crucial component that made the tale a mass-circulation must was the elephant.