Alliteration

Alliteration-Alliteration is the repetition of the beginning sound. Tongue twisters are a use of alliteration. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Or Sally sold sea shells at the seashore.

       An example of a tongue twister is:

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Here is an example of an alliteration ABC poem.

Awesome Allie ate apples

Brilliant Babies buy bananas

Colorful chameleons change colors

Droopy dogs dig dirt

Excellent elephants eat eggs

Funny friends find fossils

Great grandmas grow gardens

Hilarious Hilary held her hat

Intelligent igloo Inuits iron ice

Jumping jokers juggle jugs

Kind kings kick kangaroos

Lovely Lacey likes lots of lemurs

Marvelous Molly makes milkshakes

Noisy Noah nibbles nuts

Outstanding octopus ate Oreos

Purple porcupines play with pencils

Quiet Quarry quickly gets quiet

Rough Rufus rides roller skates

Stinky stars stands on stables

Tough Tommy tells Timmy to talk

Understanding us is a U-turn

Vicious likes to play volleyball

Wonderful Wal-Mart sold Whiskers

X-ray play xylophones

Yellow Yox Yo-Yoed yesterday

Zipping zebra zipped zippers

 

Links to Alliteration sites:

 

Guided Practice Worksheet

Send in your own alliteration

Beginning alliteration game (available via Internet Archiver)

 

Back