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Alliteration is the repetition of a beginning sound to
create a certain effect. They may be vowel or consonant sounds.
Alliterations appear on only a few words in a poem to highlight or emphasize
something.
| Hightlight the alliterations. Finish
the lines that have been left blank. |
| The alligator
ate an
apple and
an avocado. |
The big brown bear bit a boy. |
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Shimmy Sham Sham
The Showboat man
Shifted his show with
She-nan-igans.
G. Lipson |
My name is Anna, I live in Ann Arbor, and eat apples.
My name is Ben, I live in Baltimore, and eat bananas.
My name is Carl, I live in ______________________________________.
My name is Diane, I live in _____________________________________.
My name is Elmer, I live in _____________________________________.
(Continue in your journal.)
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| Highlight the alliterations in
these sentences. |
| The warm wind wafted across the
window. |
Slipping and sliding, I stumbled
in the snow and slush. |
| The sun sizzled the swimmers’
skin. |
Many mysterious men mumbled
messages. |
| I accidentally ate an awful
apple. |
The gallant goat gobbled gobs of
garbage greedily. |
| Beth borrowed Barry’s books
before biology. |
The rapidly rising river rushed
rampantly. |
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| Finish these sentences with alliterations. Use
adjectives, adverbs, and prepostional phrases to make interesting
sentences. |
| Red roses |
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While wandering |
| The tired traveler |
| Never go near |
Tongue twisters are
alliterations. The same sounds are repeated in words that are so similar
that our tongues have a difficult time saying them separately.
Practice saying these aloud.
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Sue sells sea shells by the sea shore. |
Rubber baby buggy
bumpers.
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Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear.
Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy was he?
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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
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