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ALLITERATIO1

The document defines alliteration as the repetition of initial consonant sounds in consecutive words. It provides the example "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" to illustrate alliteration. The document also provides directions for readers to identify alliteration in sample sentences, complete sentences with alliterative words, and create their own alliterative sentences by choosing a letter and words beginning with that letter to include in a descriptive sentence.

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ALLITERATIO1

The document defines alliteration as the repetition of initial consonant sounds in consecutive words. It provides the example "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" to illustrate alliteration. The document also provides directions for readers to identify alliteration in sample sentences, complete sentences with alliterative words, and create their own alliterative sentences by choosing a letter and words beginning with that letter to include in a descriptive sentence.

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ALLITERATION

Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least


two repetitions in a row.
For example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

**The first letter, p, is a consonant. It is repeated many


times. **

Directions: Underline the alliteration in these sentences.

1. Puny puma pit their skills against zebras.

2. Pretty Polly picked pears for preserves.

3. Handsome Harry hired hundreds of hippos for Hanukkah.

Directions: Finish the following sentences with


alliterative words.

1. Doodling daughters__________________________________.

2. Prickly pears ______________________________________.

3. Studious students __________________________________.

4. Sunny skies ________________________________________.


Directions: (see the bottom of this page for an example)

1.Pick a letter (it needs to be a consonant). You might


choose the letter that your name begins with.

Letter: ________

2. Next pick 2 nouns that start with the letter you picked.

Noun: ____________ Noun: ____________


3. Now pick a verb that starts with the letter you picked.

Verb: _____________

4. Turn the nouns and verb into a sentence.

5. Now add other descriptive words to the sentence to make alliteration. Try to
make the sentence as long as you possibly can, making sure that it still makes
sense.

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Example:

Letter: B Noun: Bob Noun: boxes Verb: builds

Sentence: Bob builds boxes.

Sentence with descriptive words added:

Bad Billy Bob builds big black, brown, and blue boxes.

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