How can we use sounds to create a better slogan? Alliteration is a sound device that gives us satisfying songs, poetry and ads. Here's the definition.

Vinnie may have a villanelle. Helen, a haiku. And Sophie, a sonnet. But what about the kids whose names don’t create alliteration when paired with a poetic form?

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, for instance, is fairly easy to say, but if you mix in two slightly different ...

This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Michelle Schaub, who lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, “tucked up against the Rocky Mountain foothills.” She began writing for children after a creative ...

Glenview's Kimberly Karzen took a roundabout way to writing a children's book on grammar. The author of "Tongue Twisters that Teach" (Rubber Ducky Press, 2022), Karzen taught business classes for ...

Margaret Atwood on alliteration, new 'Wandering Wenda' show, being a teen puppeteer TORONTO — When Margaret Atwood's daughter was young, the acclaimed author would tell her an alliterative story ...