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1. Alliteration!!

2. Alliteration!!
 Repetition of beginning sounds of words.
 Poets use alliteration to create “music” in
poetry. How?
 Makes lines more memorable.
 Emphasis
 Creates an appealing sound for readers

3. From Through the Looking Glass
- Lewis Carroll
“The time has come,” the walrus said,
“To talk of many things:
Of shoes–and ships—and sealing-wax—
Of cabbages—and kings.”
What are the
repeated sounds?
“The time has come,” the walrus said,
“To talk of many things:
Of shoes–and ships—and sealing-wax—
Of cabbages—and kings.”

4. Alliteration: SOUNDS not letters!
 Karl’s Cool Chameleon!
Alliteration?
YES!
 Carl’s Cool Cello
Alliteration?
NO!

5. Squinting toward the sky, he had seen
the sleek jet, almost a blur at its high
speed, go past, and a second later heard
the blast of sound that followed.
from The Giver
Squinting toward the sky, he had seen
the sleek jet, almost a blur at its high
speed, go past, and a second later heard
the blast of sound that followed.
What are the
repeated sounds?

6. from “The Raven”
by Edgar Allen Poe
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and
weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore.
And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there
wondering, fearing,
Doubting dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream
before.

7. Alliteration in real life?
 Newspaper Headlines
 “At Cuba Helm, Castro Brother Stays the Course”
 “Pretentious Prowler Pries Apartment Lock”
 “The Devil Dog Made Me Do It”
 “The Bucket Brigade”

8. Alliteration in real life?
 Magazine Article Titles
 “Shaquille O’Neal Says Suns Should be
Fine”

9. Alliteration in real life?
 Advertising Slogans
 Allied Irish Bank: “Britain’s Best Business Bank.”
 Doral: “Discover the Doral Difference.”
 Jaguar: “Don’t Dream it. Drive it.”
 Girl Guides: “Dream. Dare. Do.”
 Fila: “Functional…Fashionable…Formidable…”

10. Alliteration in real life?
 Sports Team Names
New York Yankees
Buffalo Bills
Tennessee Titans
Utah Utes
Cleveland Cavaliers

11. Alliteration in real life?
 Book Titles
The Slippery Slope
The Carnivorous Carnival

12. Tongue Twisters
Roberta ran rings around the Roman
ruins.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper
picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers,
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers
Peter Piper picked?