As a literary tool, alliteration is best used with restraint in copywriting.<\/p>\n
Yet there’s something curiously satisying about\u00a0its corniness\u00a0when proliferated. My favourite example is an excerpt from the dystopian thriller\u00a0“V for Vendetta”, cleverly scripted by Hilary Henkin:<\/p>\n
Introductory monologue of the protagonist \u2013\u00a0upon meeting Evey \u2013 wishing no doubt to make a statement that resurrects its\u00a0ostensible vapidity:<\/p>\n
V:\u00a0 “Voil\u00e0! <\/strong>In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate.<\/strong> This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. [He carves a “V” into a sign] The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. [chuckles] Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it is my very good honour to meet you and you may call me ‘V’.<\/strong>”<\/p>\n Evey: “Are you like a crazy person?”<\/p>\n V: “I’m quite sure they will say so.”<\/p>\n Apropos the\u00a0incisive and insinuating\u00a0sound of the letter “V”, I will introduce the concept of sound symbolism in my next blog…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As a literary tool, alliteration is best used with restraint in copywriting. Yet there’s something curiously satisying about\u00a0its corniness\u00a0when proliferated. My favourite example is an excerpt from the dystopian thriller\u00a0“V for Vendetta”, cleverly scripted by Hilary Henkin: Introductory monologue of … Continue reading