Alliteration

Choose the best alliteration definition:

• The repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity.
• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
• The repetition of consonant sounds in unstressed syllables.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of these lines from Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” contains alliteration?

• Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary
• “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door
• Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

Are you hungry? Let's find a cafe for ________, __________ and __________. 

• egg, chips and cola
• coffee, cakes and tea
• coffee, cakes and cola
• fish, chips and coffee

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CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

The art gallery displayed hundreds of ________ __________ and ___________. 

• books, pots and pans
• pots, pans and cups
• precious pictures and paintings
• prints, cups and pans

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CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

the repetition of the initial consonant sound in two or more neighboring words or syllables

• onomatopoeia
• personification
• simile
• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

which is the best example of alliteration?

• Only three girls came to the picnic.
• She wants to see that movie.
• I like popcorn, peanuts, and Pepsi when I watch movies.
• The sun was in my eyes all day and I got a headache!

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an Example of Alliteration?

• She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
• She was giving him the cold shoulder
• He was fuming like a pot.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which is not an example.

• Kims kid kept kicking 
• Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
• He was as cold as an iceberg

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Pick a sentence that contains an Alliteration?

• Kim's kid kept kicking at the air.

• Plastic bags rip easily.

• Kayla is my best friend.

• Mrs. Flay is a super teacher!

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of these is alliteration?

• All the animals left.

• The chirping cheetah is hungry.

• The dog left his house.

• The friendly dog found a cat.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4