Identifying and Using Alliteration

Which of the following is an example of alliteration.

• Splendid Sarah saw special shells.

• Lucy jumps at least a hundred feet in the air.

• The sky is blue and so are you.

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What is the definition of alliteration.

• A huge Exaggeration.

• Giving an animal human like qualities.

• The repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of words.

• Two words that sound alike, but have different meanings.

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Is the statement " She sang like a bird," true or false?

• Yes

• No

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Is the statement " Mommy made me mash my m&m."

• Yes

• No

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Choose the line from Romeo and Juliet that is the BEST example of alliteration

• Your wit is like a tart apple: it makes very sharp sauce.

• Not in a grave, to lay, in another out to have.

• It is some meteor that the sun exhales.

• 0 single-sol'd jest, Soley singular for the singleness.

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Which is not an example of alliteration and explain why.

• Hannah's home has heat, hopefully.

• I like to kite at night.

• Larry's lizard likes leaping leopards.

• Mike's microphone made much music.

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Which genre below is most likely to employ alliteration?

• Science Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Poetry

• Myth

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Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence.

Fred's friends fried Fritos for Friday's food.

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

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True or false, alliteration can be used in a poem?

• True

• False

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Is the statement " She sang like a bird," true or false?

• Yes

• No

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