Descriptive details!

[Warren Castille]

Topic created after a conversation in the chat: FFXIV, like FFXI before it, tends to name its NPCs in an amusingly alliterative pattern. So keeping that in mind, what would YOUR character be called if they had to be written as a nameless person?

 

Alliteration is a term that describes a literary stylistic device. Alliteration occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound. For example, “She sells sea-shells down by the sea-shore” or “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers” are both alliterative phrases. In the former, all the words start with the “s” sound, while in the later, the letter “p” takes precedence. Aside from tongue twisters, alliteration is also used in poems, song lyrics, and even store or brand names.

How to Identify Alliteration

 

The best way to spot alliteration being used in a sentence is to sound out the sentence, looking for the words with the identical consonant sounds. For example, read through these sentences to test your skills in identifying alliteration:

 

Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August.

Becky’s beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy.

Carrie's cat clawed her couch, creating chaos.

Dan’s dog dove deep in the dam, drinking dirty water as he dove.

Eric’s eagle eats eggs, enjoying each episode of eating.

Fred’s friends fried Fritos for Friday’s food.

Garry’s giraffe gobbled gooseberryies greedily, getting good at grabbing goodies.

Hannah’s home has heat hopefully.

Isaacs ice cream is interesting and Isaac is imbibing it.

Jesse’s jaguar is jumping and jiggling jauntily.

Kim’s kid’s kept kiting.

Larry’s lizard likes leaping leopards.

Mike’s microphone made much music.

Nick’s nephew needed new notebooks now not never.

Orson’s owl out-performed ostriches.

Peter’s piglet pranced priggishly.

Quincy’s quilters quit quilting quickly.

Ralph’s reindeer rose rapidly and ran round the room.

Sara’s seven sisters slept soundly in sand.

Tim’s took tons of tools to make toys for tots.

Uncle Uris’ united union uses umbrellas.

Vivien’s very vixen-like and vexing.

Walter walked wearily while wondering where Wally was.

Yarvis yanked you at yoga, and Yvonne yelled.

Zachary zeroed in on zoo keeping.

 

 

 

 

[Aaron]

"Emo"

[Gegenji]

Also as mentioned in chat, Chachan would likely be something like "Bashful Blacksmith." Gogon would be... "Tenacious Tactician" or the like. Judge? "Judgmental Judge" obviously.

[Warren Castille]

"Emo"

 

NO. Adjective noun! "Emo E-----."

 

Perhaps "Emo Edgelord."

 

sorrynotsorry

[Aaron]

"Emo"

 

NO. Adjective noun! "Emo E-----."

 

Perhaps "Emo Edgelord."

 

sorrynotsorry

"The Unintentionally Emo Hyur"

[Warren Castille]

"Emo"

 

NO. Adjective noun! "Emo E-----."

 

Perhaps "Emo Edgelord."

 

sorrynotsorry

"The Unintentionally Emo Hyur"

 

DAMMIT A-A-RON, ALLITERATION MEANS A STRING OF WORDS ALL BEGINNING WITH THE SAME LETTER.

[Aaron]

"Emo"

 

NO. Adjective noun! "Emo E-----."

 

Perhaps "Emo Edgelord."

 

sorrynotsorry

"The Unintentionally Emo Hyur"

 

DAMMIT A-A-RON, ALLITERATION MEANS A STRING OF WORDS ALL BEGINNING WITH THE SAME LETTER.

"Emotional Emo Edgelord"

[Tortles]

Cunning Culinarian

[Warren Castille]

"Emo"

 

NO. Adjective noun! "Emo E-----."

 

Perhaps "Emo Edgelord."

 

sorrynotsorry

"The Unintentionally Emo Hyur"

 

DAMMIT A-A-RON, ALLITERATION MEANS A STRING OF WORDS ALL BEGINNING WITH THE SAME LETTER.

"Emotional Emo Edgelord"

 

Nailed it. 8-)

[Aaron]

 

NO. Adjective noun! "Emo E-----."

 

Perhaps "Emo Edgelord."

 

sorrynotsorry

"The Unintentionally Emo Hyur"

 

DAMMIT A-A-RON, ALLITERATION MEANS A STRING OF WORDS ALL BEGINNING WITH THE SAME LETTER.

"Emotional Emo Edgelord"

 

Nailed it. 8-)

8-)

[voidVirago]

Rihxo - "Sweet-smelling Songstress"

 

Adelaide - "Malicious Maiden"

 

Arata - "Ice-bound Ingenue"

 

...this was harder than I thought it would be.

[LiadansWhisper]

Conscientious Conjurer.

[Warren Castille]

Rihxo - "Sweet-smelling Songstress"

 

Adelaide - "Malicious Maiden"

 

Arata - "Ice-bound Ingenue"

 

...this was harder than I thought it would be.

 

..hence the prompt! Flex those brain muscles!

[Nodem]

Growling Gunner

[Dravus]

"Gallant Garlean"

[Aya]

Bodacious Blonde Barmaid

[Kurt S.]

Labored Levelheaded Lominsan Lad

[Gegenji]

If we're going three or more words instead of just two... I suppose Chachan would be a "bashful, burly, baby-faced blacksmith." Gogon can probably be better categorized as a "self-important sociopathic strategist." And Judge is a "Judgmental Judge who Judges Judgingly with JUSTICE."

[Ruen]

Thought I'd add a bit to this and get some insight on what OTHERS thought of him (cause it feels odd labeling my own character), so I poked at a couple who RP'd with Ruen frequently and asked them to describe him in a word--to which I'd attach a noun of some sort. 

 

Mine:

Loyal Lackey

 

Theirs:

Cheeky Comrade

Easygoing Entrepreneur

[Kurt S.]

Promiscuous and Passionate Patron Peddling (body) to People of all Places for Profit and Personal (gain).

 

-Allene Rose, Debt payer, Amajina and Sons foreman daughter.

[Jana]

Creepy Keeper

 

Or if a hard-C isn't good enough for you, Sullen Summoner.

[Kaiya]

Proper Physician

[Chompie]

The possibilities are endless!

 

Dashing Dilettante

Edgy Explorer

Flighty Fighter

 

or if you're feeling a bit unkind:

Hyperactive Hellion

[Sylastair]

Flynt is pretty easy:

 

Laconic Lancer

 

OR

 

Doubting Dragoon

 

Also, because it needs to be done...

 

"Emo"

 

NO. Adjective noun! "Emo E-----."

 

Perhaps "Emo Edgelord."

 

sorrynotsorry

"The Unintentionally Emo Hyur"

 

DAMMIT A-A-RON, ALLITERATION MEANS A STRING OF WORDS ALL BEGINNING WITH THE SAME LETTER.

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[Klynzahr]

This is too easy for Klyn....

 

 

She's a Short-sighted Sea Wolf!  8-)

 

..... also a Grumbling Gladiator, a Recreant Roegadyn, Craven Chirugion and an Adverse Adventurer.