Notice the repetition of the "d" sound which heightens the emotion in this passage. Another example of alliteration occurs when the speaker visits the site of the September 11th attacks: "In the overcast, dim light they shadow the dead, are themselves deadened" (82). The repetition of the "p" and "s" sounds help to build emotion in this scene from Part 10.
We also find alliteration in the sentence "I can see all the pills, perhaps placebos, stacked up inside even as I am sitting above them" (68). The repetition of the short "i" vowel sound in "is", "in", and "billow" is an example of assonance. The repetition of the "s" and "b" sounds at the beginning of words is an example of alliteration. We see alliteration and assonance in the sentence "The sky is drowning in blue with clouds that billow like sails, a blue sea of sails" (35). Assonance is the repetition of specifically a vowel sound in adjacent or closely connected words.
Alliteration is the repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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