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what is alliteration?

Alliteration means "The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words."

"Dressy daffodils" is an example of alliteration because both the words begin with "D." Alliteration is like rhyming, but with alliteration the rhyming comes at the front of the words instead of the end.

"Rabbits running over roses" is another example of Alliteration because rabbits, running, and roses all begin with the same letter and sound the same.

The following poem is an example of alliteration:
Rain races,
Ripping like wind.
Its restless rage
Rattles like
Rocks ripping through
The air.
- by Jake