Repetition & Alliteration (Intro -C)

Repetition & Alliteration (Intro -C)

More poetic devices!

Repetition

'The best kinds of people are warm and kind,

They are always there and they never mind.

The best kinds of people smile and embrace

They support you with strength and grace.'

Multiple Choice

Repetition is used in poems to create _________________

• interest

• sound

• boredom

• rhyme

Multiple Choice

What was the repeating idea in this poem?

• Can you wait?

• I'm car sick

• We're almost there

• Drink some water

Multiple Choice

What was the author emphasizing in the poem?

• The swing

• The playground

• The different ways people swing

• What the author likes

Multiple Choice

Poets also use repetition to _________________

• make the poem boring

• be like other poets

• emphasize an idea

• follow the rules of poetry

Alliteration

'ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, —

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping.'

Multiple Choice

Alliteration is ______________

• the repetition of a word or idea throughout the poem

• the repetition of a letter or sound at the beginning of the words in a poem

Multiple Select

Why do we use alliteration?

• to create mood

• to create rhythm

• to alliterate

Open Ended

1. Choose an object/animal.

2. Make a list of words that start with the same sound as your chosen object/animal

3. Which words from your list can be used to describe the object/animal?