Alliteration!!

Poetry Unit
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
From Through the Looking Glass
- Lewis Carroll

“The time has come,” the walrus said,

“The time has come,” the walrus said,
“To talk of many things:
“To talk of many things:
Of shoes–and ships—and sealing-wax—
Of shoes–and ships—and
Of cabbages—and kings.”sealing-wax—
Of cabbages—and kings.”

What are the

repeated sounds?
Alliteration: SOUNDS not letters!

 Karl’s Cool Chameleon!

Alliteration?
 YES!

 Carl’s Cool Cello

Alliteration?
 NO!
from The Giver
Squintingtoward
Squinting towardthe
thesky,
sky,hehehad hadseen
seen
thesleek
the sleekjet,
jet,almost
almostaablur
bluratatits
itshigh
high
speed,go
speed, gopast,
past,and
andaasecond
secondlater laterheard
heard
theblast
the blastofofsound
soundthat
thatfollowed.
followed.

What are the

repeated sounds?
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.
Alliteration in real life?
 Newspaper Headlines
 “AtCuba Helm, Castro Brother Stays the Course”
 “Pretentious Prowler Pries Apartment Lock”
 “The Devil Dog Made Me Do It”
 “The Bucket Brigade”
Alliteration in real life?
 Magazine Article Titles
 “Shaquille O’Neal Says Suns Should be
Fine”
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…”
Alliteration in real life?
 Sports Team Names
 New York Yankees
 Buffalo Bills
 Tennessee Titans
 Utah Utes
 Cleveland Cavaliers
Alliteration in real life?
 Book Titles
 The Slippery Slope
 The Carnivorous Carnival
 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?
Writing with Alliteration
 Choose a letter.
 Write a complete sentence (YES! It has to
make sense!) using as many words as you
can that begin with that letter.
 Alliteration
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Additional Alliteration
Application
(Extra Credit)