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Any and all appellations alluding to letters that are akin to one another.
Any and all appellations alluding to letters that are akin to one another.


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Often coincides with [[Alliteration]] and [[Alliterative Name]] or even [[Author Appeal]]. Notice a trend?
Often coincides with [[Alliteration]] and [[Alliterative Name]] or even [[Author Appeal]]. Notice a trend?

{{examples}}
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Dragon Drive]]''
* ''[[Gad Guard]]''
* ''[[Saint Seiya]]''
* ''[[Princess Principal]]''


== [[Comics]] ==
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[Amazons Attack]]''
* ''[[Amazons Attack]]''
* ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]''
* ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]''
* ''[[Krazy Kat]]''
* ''[[Little Lulu]]''
* ''[[Little Lulu]]''
* ''[[Suicide Squad]]''
* ''[[Suicide Squad]]''
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** ''[[Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters]]''
** ''[[Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters]]''


== [[Live Action TV]] ==
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Breaking Bad]]''
* ''[[Breaking Bad]]''
* ''[[Hee Haw]]''
* ''[[Hee Haw]]''
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* ''[[Sesame Street]]''
* ''[[Sesame Street]]''
* ''[[The West Wing]]''
* ''[[The West Wing]]''

== [[Manga and Anime]] ==
* ''[[Dragon Drive]]''
* ''[[Gad Guard]]''
* ''[[Saint Seiya]]''


== [[Music]] ==
== [[Music]] ==
* Benjamin Britten's ''Simple Symphony''. The four parts have alliterative titles too: ''Boisterous Bourrée'', ''Playful Pizzicato'', ''Sentimental Sarabande'' and ''Frolicsome Finale''.
* Benjamin Britten's ''Simple Symphony''. The four parts have alliterative titles too: ''Boisterous Bourrée'', ''Playful Pizzicato'', ''Sentimental Sarabande'' and ''Frolicsome Finale''.

== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* ''[[Krazy Kat]]''


== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==

Latest revision as of 14:41, 16 February 2022

Any and all appellations alluding to letters that are akin to one another.

Or put simply: An Alliterative Title is when all the words in a work's title begin with the same letter. This can be done for varying reasons or effects, but more often than not, it's a catchy, easy way to remember the name of a work.

Often coincides with Alliteration and Alliterative Name or even Author Appeal. Notice a trend?

Examples of Alliterative Title include:

Anime and Manga

Comic Books

Film

Literature

Live-Action TV

Music

  • Benjamin Britten's Simple Symphony. The four parts have alliterative titles too: Boisterous Bourrée, Playful Pizzicato, Sentimental Sarabande and Frolicsome Finale.

Newspaper Comics

Video Games

Western Animation