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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.
Underline 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.
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
_____________________________________.
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.
Sue sells sea shells by the sea
shore.
Horse - whinny
Pig - oink
An onomatopoetic sentence is a sentence like "the bee went buzzing by" or "ding dong the bells are going to
chime." The "sound words" make it an onomatopoetic sentence.
For breakfast he had a cereal that went "snap, crackle and pop" as he poured on the milk.
Match the item with the sound it makes!
Item
Sound
Turkeys
Soda pop
chug
pop-pop-pop
Popcorn popping
Hens
Baby robins
Rain drops
peep! peep!
splash-splash-splash
fizzle
garble
gobble