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Alliteration 01

'We ate pretty pink prawns' is an example of the use of alliteration.

Alliteration 01

Alliteration means same sounding words. When two or more words begin with the same sound as in 'crawling caterpillars' then we call it alliteration. Tongue twisters are often good examples of this way of writing - try saying 'Fred's friends fried Fritos for Friday's food'! The technique can be used in writing and speech to interest your audience, or to bring some humour to your sentences.

See if you can find the alliteration in the following examples.

Which of these options do you prefer?

  1. The ....... ....... are in the middle aisle next to the vegetables.

  2. Are you hungry? Let's find a café for ....... ....... and .......

  3. The art gallery displayed hundreds of ....... ....... and .......

  4. The sound of ....... ....... created a quiet, calm atmosphere.

  5. Many ....... and ....... ....... on the river.

  6. A ....... ....... ....... took the friends to the party.

  7. Mrs. Purple drove a ....... ....... .......

  8. Peter piper picked a peck of ....... .......

  9. 'What a ....... ....... ' is a famous song.

  10. He folded the invitations and put each one in an ....... .......

Quiz written by Sue Daish

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