Alliteration can be used in ways similar to onomatopoeia because it can be related to the sense of sound. Representing sound with words alone, as onomatopoeia does, can be difficult; so, the use of alliteration can replace onomatopoeia if the author or speaker desires. Examples of the replacement of onomatopoeia with alliteration could be the phrase “crumbly cookie”. The use of repeated C sounds is doubling as alliteration and onomatopoeia because the C sound replicates the actual crunch that they cookie would make. In addition to an aural cue, alliteration can also be a visual enhancer on which a reader can focus or be influenced.