Alliteration & Onomatopoeia Review

Complete the following sentence with the correct words of alliteration:

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

• boxed fish

• frozen fish

• large fish

• pre-cooked fish

Complete the following sentence with the correct words of alliteration:

Are you hungry? Let's find a café for ....... ....... and .......

• cakes, coffee, cola

• cakes, coffee, tea

• egg, chips, cola

• fish, chips, coffee

Complete the following sentence with the correct words of alliteration:

The art gallery displayed hundreds of ....... ....... and .......

• books pots pans

• pots pans cups

• precious pictures paintings

• prints cups pans

Complete the following sentence with the correct words of alliteration:

The sound of ....... ....... created a quiet, calm atmosphere.

• intermittent shrieks

• loud shouts

• murmuring music

• frenzied chattering

Complete the following sentence with the correct words of alliteration:

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

• broken, down, lorry

• lovely, long, limousine

• rusty, old, car

• red, old, car

Complete the following sentence with the correct words of alliteration:

Peter piper picked a peck of ....... .......

• new, potatoes

• pickled, herring

• pickled, pepper

• rosy, apples

What is 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"

Which of the following sentences uses an example of alliteration?

• Tony ran like a cheetah.

• The muffin called my name.

• "Bang," the race started!

• The dog dug a deep hole.

What two letters can make the same sound?

• c & k

• p & t

• o & q

• b & m

Which of the following sentences does not use alliteration?

• Erin cooked cupcakes in the kitchen.

• The lion licked his lips.

• The tank ran everything over.

• She happily helped Henry hang up the decorations.