RIC-6242 Primary Grammar and Word Study - Book C

Figures of speech
Alliteration
Focus
Alliteration
Definition
• Alliteration is the repetition of a sound at the
beginning of words.
Example:
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Explanation
• Alliteration occurs when the same consonant sound
or sound group is repeated at the commencement
of two or more stressed syllables of a word group
(usually the first sound in a word).
• Activities using alliteration are often used when
introducing initial sounds to young students.
• Alliteration is often used in nursery rhymes and
poetry.
Example:
baa, baa black sheep
• Alliteration can make rhymes, poems or songs
easier to remember.
• Alliteration is a useful writing tool to create special
effects.
Worksheet information
• Allow the students to read the text in Question 1,
assisting with any unfamiliar vocabulary if
necessary.
• Read and discuss the explanation of alliteration,
give some examples and ask the students to supply
some examples as well.
• Using the poem, the students circle, count and write
the number of alliterative words.
• Question 3 asks the students to complete the
sentences using the ‘t’ words supplied.
Ideas for further practice
• Identify alliterative words in texts used during shared
reading sessions.
• Make up fun tongue twisters to say and illustrate
them.
• Find alliterative words in the chorus or verse of
popular songs.
Answers
1. (a) Teacher check
(b) There are 17 words starting with a ‘t’ sound.
(Note: ‘The’ has not been included because it
doesn’t start with the same sound.)
2. (a) tough (b) tacos
(c) tango (d) track, town
(d) twelve, toasted
3. Teacher check
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