Alliteration

Multiple Choice

Why do you think alliteration is used in stories and poems?

• To make the text sound more musical and fun

• To confuse the reader

• To make the story longer

• To make the story harder to understand

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses alliteration to describe someone hugging hippos?

• Happy Harry hugged a hundred hairy hippos!

• Friendly Fred found fifty fat frogs in the forest!

• Silly Sam saw seventy snakes in a sandpit!

• Ben Brown bought a big blue bicycle!

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences contains a color word?

• Happy Harry hugged a hundred hairy hippos!

• Ben Brown bought a big blue bicycle!

• Helen Harper hired a humongous helicopter!

• Silly Sam saw seventy snakes in a sandpit!

Multiple Choice

Based on the last image, what did Holly Henderson hear about Helen Harper?

• Helen Harper hates heights.

• Helen Harper loves helicopters.

• Helen Harper hugged hippos.

• Helen Harper bought a bicycle.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences from the images contains alliteration?

• Ben Brown bought a big blue bicycle!

• Helen Harper hired a humongous helicopter!

• Happy Harry hugged a hundred hairy hippos!

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea presented in the images about alliteration?

• It is when words rhyme.

• It is when words start with the same sound.

• It is when sentences are long.

• It is when words have the same meaning.

Multiple Choice

What literary device is used in the sentence: 'Friendly Fred found fifty fat frogs in the forest'?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Is this alliteration?

• Yes

• No

• Sometimes

• Depends on the context

Multiple Select

Why do authors use alliteration in their writing?

• To focus the reader on a specific piece of text

• To create rhythm and mood

• To make the text longer

• To confuse the reader

Multiple Choice

Which words in the poem 'Row, row, row your boat' are examples of alliteration?

• Row, row, row

• Gently down the stream

• If you see a crocodile

• Don’t forget to scream

Multiple Choice

Identify all the words in the poem that use the same starting sound to create alliteration: Spring leads to summer, Filled with sunshine and sand. Singing and smiling, Happy children fill the land!

• Spring, summer, sunshine, sand, singing, smiling

• Happy, children, fill, land

• Leads, to, summer, filled, with

• Children, fill, the, land

Multiple Choice

What literary device is used in the phrase 'Down, down, down' from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Multiple Select

Which of the following names from Doctor Dolittle's pets show alliteration?

• Dab-Dab the duck

• Jip the dog

• Gub-Gub the baby pig

• Polynesia the parrot

Multiple Choice

Which sentence contains the most examples of alliteration?

• Sally sold seven shiny seashells at the sandy seashore.

• Builder Ben built a beautiful blue boat for his baby brother and his brown bear.

• A big bug bit the little bug, but the little bug bit the big bug back.

• If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch?

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Identify the Alliteration

• g

• l

• s

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Identify the Alliteration

• b

• d

• g

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Identify the Alliteration

• f

• t

• h

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Identify the Alliteration

• b

• n

• p

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Identify the Alliteration

• f

• v

• w

Multiple Choice

Identify the Alliteration

• s

• n

• h

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Is this alliteration?

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