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This lesson contains 26 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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alliteration

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alliteration
You can...
  • tell someone what it is.
  • find it in text.
  • use it!

You know...
  • one reason why we use it.

Slide 2 - Slide

Marvel Universe or Disney?

Slide 3 - Poll

Sort the names into groups. Hint: Peter Parker belongs to #1.
Peter Parker
Bruce Banner
Winter Soldier
Silver Surfer
Norrin Radd
Bucky Barnes
Incredible Hulk
Spiderman

Slide 4 - Drag question

Sort the names into groups. Hint: Donald Duck belongs to #1.
Donald Duck
Captain Hook
Minny
Mickey Mouse
Huey Duck
Peter Pan

Slide 5 - Drag question

Sort the names into groups. Hint: Severis Snape belongs to #1.
Severus 
Snape
Luna
Pettigrew
Lovegood
Godric 
Slitherin
Griffindor
Rowena
Ravenclaw
Salazar
Peter

Slide 6 - Drag question

What is
the pattern?
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Slide 7 - Open question

Each part of the name starts with the same letter.

This is alliteration.

Slide 8 - Slide

Can you think of any other characters whose names are alliterative?

Slide 9 - Mind map

Alliteration is when several words that occur close to each other have the same beginning consonant sound.

Slide 10 - Slide

Put the alliterations in box 1.  
Everything else goes in box 2.
beard
filthy
frumps
feathery

Slide 11 - Drag question

Put the alliterations in box 1.  
Everything else goes in box 2.
sells
shells
shout

Slide 12 - Drag question

Put the alliterations in box 1.  
Everything else goes in box 2.
penny
fish
phone

Slide 13 - Drag question

Slide 14 - Slide

Alliteration can be used to
give the text 
RHYTHM
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
would not take the garbage out.
from Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout in 
'Where the Sidewalk Ends' by Shel Silverstein

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Alliteration can be used to
EMPHASIZE WORDS
" There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere..."
from Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson

Slide 16 - Slide

Alliteration can be used to
EMPHASIZE WORDS
" There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere..."
from Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
What do all the d-words have in common? What is being emphasized?

Slide 17 - Slide

Alliteration can be used to
create a
MOOD
slimy snakes slither silently

Slide 18 - Slide

Alliteration can be used to
create a
MOOD
slimy snakes slither silently
What mood is created with 

Slide 19 - Slide

slimy snakes slither silently
Gross snakes wriggle without a sound.
Do these sentences create the same mood?

Slide 20 - Slide

Alliteration can be used to
make writing FUNNY
or more interesting
Stinky Sam stank because she stupidly circled a skunk. 

Slide 21 - Slide

Stinky Sam stank because she had stupidly circled a skunk.
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Lucy smelled really gross because she had encountered a skunk.
Which sentence is funnier/more interesting?

Slide 22 - Slide

Your turn!

Use alliteration. Write something about:
a ball OR a fish OR a sister OR a brother
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Slide 23 - Open question

What is one reason to use alliteration?
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Slide 24 - Open question

Are there any of these things you still need to work on?
A
Nope!
B
One of them.
C
Some of them.
D
All of them!

Slide 25 - Quiz

  1. Have a look at the tongue twisters in the reader.
  2. Try them out with a partner and see which one(s) you like best or you can best pronounce.
  3. Practise them.
  4. Perform one of them for the class.

OR

Look up another one / create one yourself and perform that one for the class.

Your turn!

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