Sound Devices in Poetry

Slippery seals sleep silently on the sandy seashore.

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Happy birthday! Ice cream and cake. Ate too much and got a belly ache.

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Some bashful bunnies are burrowing in the blackberry bushes.

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When she put milk on the cereal it went snap, crackle, pop!

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Bang! Pop! Fizz! Pow! I love watching fireworks!

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Sneaky fox wants to steal an egg. Hey little fox I've got your leg!

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Two terrifying tigers twitch their tails while they watch the water buffalo.

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Dog goes, "Woof," cat says, "Meow," bird cries, "Tweet," and mouse can, "Squeak."

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Beautiful geese float on the lake. Little fish swim in their wake.

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is alliteration?

• The repetition of consonant sounds anywhere in a series of words

• the repetition of the first consonant sounds in a series of words

• the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words

• the repetition of lines or groups of lines in a poem or song

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4