Alliteration

What type of figurative language is being used in the following passage?

"When you awaken, be sure to record the remnants of your dream on your Purple Pages of Passion, Persuasion, and Poetry with your Purple Plume of Poetic Penmanship."

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification

• 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 genre below is most likely to use alliteration?

• Science fiction

• Historical fiction

• Poetry

• Social Studies textbook

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repeating the same initial consonant sound in neighboring words. EX. Silly Sally sells shells by the seashore.

• alliteration

• poetry

• idiom

• acrostic

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The sound device known as alliteration involves which of the following?

• rhyme at the end of lines of verse

• repetition of initial consonant sounds in stressed syllables

• repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds

• the use of a word whose sound imitates its meaning

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers" is an example of...

• personification

• simile

• rhyme

• 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 of the following is an example of alliteration?

• The sun glistened, turning the lake into a pot of honey.

• The pond is beautiful.

• The pond was as cold as ice.

• The sun shone on the smooth surface of the pond.

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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 the following is an example of alliteration?

• The slimy snake slithered slowly sideways

• The snake was very slow and fat

• The frog jumped forward and landed upside-down

• The big bear had soft fur that was long and shaggy

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"An icy wind teetered trash cans and turned my cheeks to marble."

"SeedFolks" by Paul Fleischman

The sentence above is an example of which type of figurative language?

• idiom

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

• Pepperoni pizza is perfect.

• Pepperoni pizza is the best in the world!

• Pepperoni pizza is as gross as dog food.

• The pepperoni pizza was calling my name.

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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 the repetition of consonants? For example "wild and whirling words."

• idiom

• personification

• metaphor

• 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