ALLITERATION
ALLITERATION
Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row.
For example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
**The first letter, p, is a consonant. It is repeated many times. **
Directions: Underline the alliteration in these sentences.
1. Puny puma pit their skills against zebras.
2. Pretty Polly picked pears for preserves.
3. Handsome Harry hired hundreds of hippos for Hanukkah.
Directions: Finish the following sentences with alliterative words.
1. Doodling daughters__________________________________.
2. Prickly pears ______________________________________.
3. Studious students __________________________________.
4. Sunny skies ________________________________________.
Directions: (see the bottom of this page for an example)
1.Pick a letter (it needs to be a consonant). You might choose the letter that your name begins with.
Letter: ________
2. Next pick 2 nouns that start with the letter you picked.
Noun: ____________ Noun: ____________
3. Now pick a verb that starts with the letter you picked.
Verb: _____________
4. Turn the nouns and verb into a sentence.
5. Now add other descriptive words to the sentence to make alliteration. Try to make the sentence as long as you possibly can, making sure that it still makes sense.
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Example:
Letter: B Noun: Bob Noun: boxes Verb: builds
Sentence: Bob builds boxes.
Sentence with descriptive words added:
Bad Billy Bob builds big black, brown, and blue boxes.
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