amazing alliteration

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alliteration

alliteration

You can...

• tell someone what it is.
• find it in text.
• use it!

You know...

• one reason why we use it.

Marvel Universe or Disney?

Sort the names into groups. Hint: Peter Parker belongs to #1.

Peter Parker

Bruce Banner

Winter Soldier

Silver Surfer

Norrin Radd

Bucky Barnes

Incredible Hulk

Spiderman

Sort the names into groups. Hint: Donald Duck belongs to #1.

Donald Duck

Captain Hook

Minny

Mickey Mouse

Huey Duck

Peter Pan

Sort the names into groups. Hint: Severis Snape belongs to #1.

Severus 

Snape

Luna

Pettigrew

Lovegood

Godric 

Slitherin

Griffindor

Rowena

Ravenclaw

Salazar

Peter

What is
the pattern?

Each part of the name starts with the same letter.

This is alliteration.

Can you think of any other characters whose names are alliterative?

Alliteration is when several words that occur close to each other have the same beginning consonant sound.

Put the alliterations in box 1.  

Everything else goes in box 2.

beard

filthy

frumps

feathery

Put the alliterations in box 1.  

Everything else goes in box 2.

sells

shells

shout

Put the alliterations in box 1.  

Everything else goes in box 2.

penny

fish

phone

Alliteration can be used to

give the text 

RHYTHM

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout

would not take the garbage out.

from Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout in 

'Where the Sidewalk Ends' by Shel Silverstein

Alliteration can be used to

EMPHASIZE WORDS

" There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere..."

from Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson

Alliteration can be used to

EMPHASIZE WORDS

" There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere..."

from Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson

What do all the d-words have in common? What is being emphasized?

Alliteration can be used to

create a

MOOD

slimy snakes slither silently

Alliteration can be used to

create a

MOOD

slimy snakes slither silently

What mood is created with 

slimy snakes slither silently

Gross snakes wriggle without a sound.

Do these sentences create the same mood?

Alliteration can be used to

make writing FUNNY

or more interesting

Stinky Sam stank because she stupidly circled a skunk. 

Stinky Sam stank because she had stupidly circled a skunk.

-

Lucy smelled really gross because she had encountered a skunk.

Which sentence is funnier/more interesting?

Your turn!

Use alliteration. Write something about:
a ball OR a fish OR a sister OR a brother

What is one reason to use alliteration?

Are there any of these things you still need to work on?

1. Nope!
2. One of them.
3. Some of them.
4. All of them!

1. Have a look at the tongue twisters in the reader.
2. Try them out with a partner and see which one(s) you like best or you can best pronounce.
3. Practise them.
4. Perform one of them for the class.

OR

Look up another one / create one yourself and perform that one for the class.

Your turn!