Alliteration

Alliteration

Week 1, Term 4

Alliteration is when the same letter or sound is used at the start of multiple words for effect.

Alliteration

​Catherine carefully combined cold coffee cake with kiwi fruit.

Multiple Choice

Which one is alliteration?

• She bought a pot.

• She sells seashells by the sea shore.

• The crowd went wild!

• The cold is like ice.

Multiple Choice

Which one is alliteration?

• Gary gave gallons of gas to him.

• Shannon runs fast.

• Her eyes are like the ocean.

• Run like the wind.

Multiple Choice

Which one is alliteration?

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• Goodbye basketball.

• Hello sunshine my old friend.

• The clouds cried.

Multiple Choice

Which one is alliteration?

• Four turkeys ran away.

• Two turkeys took a trip.

• Talented people are wanted for the performance.

• Someday I will shoot for the stars

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an alliteration?

• Tony ran like a cheetah.

• The muffin called my name.

• "Bang," the race started!

• The dog dug a deep hole.

Multiple Choice

Is this alliteration?

The kangaroo kicked the kid.

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Is this alliteration?

I like to take a walk on the beach.

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Is this alliteration?

The cobra caused chaos in the theatre.

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Is this alliteration?

Sarah saw a serpent slide.

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Is there alliteration in this poem?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Is this alliteration?

I hate cold weather.

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Which one is alliteration?

• She's tame and he's lame. Both are not the same.

• When I got there, everyone was done.

• Shazam!

• Look! Larry lost Lucy, but luckily he located her.

Multiple Choice

This refers to the repetition of the same sound of a letter at the beginning of a group of words.

• Consonance

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Multiple Choice

Is this statement "My mother made me mash my mini m & m's on a Monday morning", an alliteration?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of using alliteration in writing?

• To make a piece of writing entertaining

• To help improve the level of humor in a piece of writing

• To focus the reader's attention on a section of text

• All of these are correct

Multiple Choice

What is an alliteration?

• suggests something is another

• gives human qualities to a non-human thing

• repeated beginning sounds in a sentence

• compares two things using "like" or "as"

Multiple Choice

The ....... ....... are in the middle aisle next to the vegetables.

• boxed fish

• frozen fish

• large fish

• pre-cooked fish

Multiple Choice

What two letters can make the same sound?

• c & k

• p & t

• o & q

• b & m

Multiple Choice

A ....... ....... ....... took the friends to the party.

• broken, down, lorry

• red, old, car

• lovely, long, limousine

• rusty, old, car

Open Ended

Use an alliteration in a sentence: