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Alliteration PDF

Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. The document provides an example of alliteration using the words "perky purple penguin" and explains that writers use alliteration to make stories and poems more fun to read or to convey a mood. It also notes that tongue twisters are good examples of alliteration. The rest of the document contains sentences for students to identify the alliterative words in by underlining them.

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Alliteration PDF

Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. The document provides an example of alliteration using the words "perky purple penguin" and explains that writers use alliteration to make stories and poems more fun to read or to convey a mood. It also notes that tongue twisters are good examples of alliteration. The rest of the document contains sentences for students to identify the alliterative words in by underlining them.

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Alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds.


Writers use alliteration to make stories and poems
fun to read. Sometimes they use alliteration to show
a certain mood or feeling. Tongue twisters are good
examples of alliteration.

example: That perky purple penguin is the mascot at the Pizza Palace.

Read the sentences below and underline the words that start with the same
consonant sound.

1. I stepped in a gooey glob of grape gum.

2. The sticky stuff stuck to my shiny new shoes.

3. Stepping in messy gum makes me mad.

4. The ducks dive and dip in the deep water.

5. The geese gather in a noisy group.

6. The pigeons peck at peanuts on the pavement.

7. The loons look lovely on the lake.

8. The raccoon ran rapidly toward the raging river.

9. The plump, pink pigs played in the puddles.

10. Ben put the bunch of bananas in the big blue bowl.

11. Sara silently sneaked into her sister’s room.

12. Words can be wacky, wonderful, and weird.

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ANSWER KEY

Alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds. Writers use alliteration to make stories
and poems fun to read. Sometimes they use alliteration to show a certain mood or
feeling. Tongue twisters are good examples of alliteration.

examples: That perky purple penguin is the mascot at the Pizza Palace.

The winter wind whispered through the bare willow branches.

Read the sentences below and underline the words that start with the
same consonant sound.

1. I stepped in a gooey glob of grape gum.

2. The sticky stuff stuck to my shiny new shoes.

3. Stepping in messy gum makes me mad.

4. The ducks dive and dip in the deep water.

5. The geese gather in a noisy group.

6. The pigeons peck at peanuts on the pavement.

7. The loons look lovely on the lake.

8. The raccoon ran rapidly toward the raging river.

9. The plump, pink pigs played in the puddles.

10. Ben put the bunch of bananas in the big blue bowl.

11. Sara silently sneaked into her sister’s room.

12. Words can be wacky, wonderful, and weird.

Super Teacher Worksheets - www.superteacherworksheets.com

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