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Alliteration

Alliteration is a literary device that involves using multiple words that begin with the same consonant sound in close proximity. It can add humor, expression and energy to writing by making words more engaging and memorable for audiences. While it may not deepen the meaning, alliteration can make language more entertaining and keep readers paying attention. Authors are encouraged to play around with alliterative phrases when writing to bring their words to life. Common uses of alliteration include sayings, poetry, brand slogans and character names in cartoons.

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Alliteration

Alliteration is a literary device that involves using multiple words that begin with the same consonant sound in close proximity. It can add humor, expression and energy to writing by making words more engaging and memorable for audiences. While it may not deepen the meaning, alliteration can make language more entertaining and keep readers paying attention. Authors are encouraged to play around with alliterative phrases when writing to bring their words to life. Common uses of alliteration include sayings, poetry, brand slogans and character names in cartoons.

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Alliteration

Alliteration is the stylistic


device of using a series of
words begin with the same
consonant sound.
What Is It?
Characteristically, alliteration is the use of a series of words beginning with the
same consonant or syllabic sound. While alliteration doesn't usually give much
added depth to writing, it can add humour and expression.

Busy buzzing, the bee behaved beautifully.


Why Use It?
As mentioned, it might not add to the depth of meaning of your writing, but it
will make it sound better. Alliteration can make your words more engaging –
and entertaining. And, when your writing engages your audience they are more
likely to pay attention and remember what you say.

Larry’s leaping lizard.


How to Use Alliteration
Alliteration is a technique that gives
sentences a little more description, Alliteration is often found in sayings
humour and energy. Try playing and humorous poetry, so be creative
around with alliterative words and with the words and phrasing of your
phrases to make your words come language.
alive.

Make a mountain out of a molehill.


How to Identify Alliteration
The best way to spot alliteration being used is to read out the sentence, listening
for the words with the identical consonant sounds. As you read these sentences,
identify the alliterative letter or sound.
Check out the Consonant
Which letter is being repeated in the following sentences?

Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons from the big bazaar.

Four furious friends fought for the phone.

Sam's shop stocks short, spotted socks.


Try It Yourself
Look at the pictures and improve the sentences by using alliterative descriptions
for each one.

Which sentence gives more description?


The butterfly flew past.
The butterfly brushed briefly against the beautiful bush.

Try it yourself.
•The dog...
•The teacher…
•The pupil…
Notable Names
Cartoon characters have alliterative names because the creators want you to
remember them. Does it work? How many can you name?

Can you think of an alliterative


name for a
friend?

Think about their personality


as you try to describe them.

For example: Sam Smiley,


Grace Grin, Moody Myrtle.
Brand Names
The most common use of alliteration is used in slogans for brand products. This
is so that customers remember them easily.
Does it work? How many do you know?

Now, can you come up with your own


original brand
slogan for a product?

For example:
Tessie’s tissues trap nose trickles.
Vocabulary for Verse
In poetry, the vocabulary you choose can set the mood. Try using different
alliterative words to create more detailed description of appearance, humour or
character.

For example:
The glossy coat of the gentle goat glistened in the gloaming. (appearance)

The green goat gobbled gooseberries. (humour)

The grumpy goat groaned grotesquely. (character)


Have a Go
Find some alliterative words and phrases in poems that you know.
What effect does it have?
Does it add to the description of appearance, character or humour?

Have a go at adding alliteration to


your own work to make it more
interesting, memorable, humorous
or descriptive.
Adding Amazing Alliteration
Remember:

Not every word has to Even some single


be alliterative. words can be
Alliteration does not
You can use alliterative if they have
need to be an entire
prepositions such as multiple syllables
sentence.
‘the’ and 'of' and which begin with the
pronouns such as 'his' same consonant sound.
Any two-word phrase
and ‘her’ and still
can be alliterative.
maintain the alliterative Is the slide heading
effect. alliteration?

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