Alliterations: Uses and Examples
What is an Alliteration?
Syllables with the same sound stressed or sound group repeating at the beginning of two or more words.
Examples:
Fred’s friends fried Fritos for Friday’s food.
Hannah’s home has heat, hopefully.
Alex’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August.
Alliterations do not always have to start with the same letter.
It should have the same sound!
The phonic ‘ph’ can sound like ‘f.’
Fun photos
‘c’ can sometimes sound like ‘s.’
Sassy celebrities
‘c’ can sometimes sound like ‘k.’
Kitty cat
Where is Alliteration used?
Phrases:
Examples:
Home sweet home
Busy as a bee
Good as gold
Poems:
Makes poems more interesting and accentuates the rhythm.
Examples:
Sleek seals
Dipping diving
Strolling slowly
Consonance:
Internal repetition or ending consonant sounds in a section of words.
What is a constant?
A pronouncing sound that is not a vowel (a, e, i, o, u)
Examples of consonance:
The lumpy, bumpy road
The string was strong
Some mammals are clammy.
Assonance:
Internal repetition of a vowel sounds in words close together.
What is a vowel?
A, E, I, O, U
Examples of assonance:
I made my way to the lake
The hat man
I don’t know what’s going on!
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