Identifying Alliteration Examples

Which one is alliteration?

• She's tame and he's lame

• Shazam!

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

• When I got there, everyone was done.

Which of the following is an example of repetition?

• "She sells seashells by the seashore."

• "I will not give up, I will not stop, I will not fail."

• "The cat sat on the mat."

• "Bright and bold balloons."

Which of the following lines use repetition? (Choose all that apply)

• "The road was long, the road was hard, the road was endless."

• "Sweet songs soothe the soul."

• "He ran, he jumped, he laughed."

• "Hope is what we need, hope is what we deserve."

Which literary device is used in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech when the phrase "I have a dream" is repeated multiple times?

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Metaphor

Which is an example of alliteration?

• "To be or not to be."

• "She walked and talked with ease."

• "Brightly shining stars."

• "Happy hands hurried home."

What type of repetition focuses on starting sentences with the same phrase?

Identify which of the following include alliteration. (Choose all that apply)

• "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

• "Dark days, darker nights."

• "I will not yield, I will not fall."

• "Big bad wolf."

Anaphora involves repeating words or phrases at:

• The beginning of clauses or sentences

• The end of clauses or sentences

• Random parts of a sentence

• The middle of a sentence

Which one is alliteration?

• She sells seashells by the sea shore.

• She bought a pencil.

• The ice is very cold.

• The crowd went wild.

How does anaphora enhance emotional appeal in speeches?