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English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Alliteration (Questions)

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Alliteration is when two or more words start with the same letter or sound. An example would be 'crawling caterpillars'. 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 humor to your sentences.

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

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

[ ]	boxed fish
[ ]	frozen fish
[ ]	large fish
[ ]	pre-cooked fish

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

[ ]	cakes, coffee, cola
[ ]	cakes, coffee, tea
[ ]	egg, chips, cola
[ ]	fish, chips, coffee

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

[ ]	books pots pans
[ ]	pots pans cups
[ ]	precious pictures paintings
[ ]	prints cups pans

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

[ ]	intermittent shrieks
[ ]	loud shouts
[ ]	murmuring music
[ ]	soft whispers

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

[ ]	boats, barges, bobbed
[ ]	boats, barges, sailed
[ ]	boats, ducks, floated
[ ]	ducks, barges, floated

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

[ ]	broken, down, truck
[ ]	lovely, long, limousine
[ ]	really, old, car
[ ]	red, old, car

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

[ ]	red, Mercedes, quickly
[ ]	violet, van, violently
[ ]	white, bus, slowly
[ ]	yellow, truck, recklessly

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

[ ]	new, potatoes
[ ]	pickled, herring
[ ]	pickled, pepper
[ ]	rosy, apples

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

[ ]	Wonderful Day
[ ]	Wonderful Thing
[ ]	Wonderful Time
[ ]	Wonderful World

10.

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

[ ]	brown, envelope
[ ]	empty, envelope
[ ]	long, envelope
[ ]	white, envelope

English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Alliteration (Answers)

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

[ ]	boxed fish
[x]	frozen fish
[ ]	large fish
[ ]	pre-cooked fish

Two 'f' sounds form the alliteration here: 'frozen fish'

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

[x]	cakes, coffee, cola
[ ]	cakes, coffee, tea
[ ]	egg, chips, cola
[ ]	fish, chips, coffee

Three 'c' sounds: 'cakes/coffee/cola' = alliteration

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

[ ]	books pots pans
[ ]	pots pans cups
[x]	precious pictures paintings
[ ]	prints cups pans

Three 'p' sounds form the alliteration here

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

[ ]	intermittent shrieks
[ ]	loud shouts
[x]	murmuring music
[ ]	soft whispers

But 'soft whispers' has 's' in the words: assonance

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

[x]	boats, barges, bobbed
[ ]	boats, barges, sailed
[ ]	boats, ducks, floated
[ ]	ducks, barges, floated

Use alliteration in writing to make phrases memorable

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

[ ]	broken, down, truck
[x]	lovely, long, limousine
[ ]	really, old, car
[ ]	red, old, car

But 'really old' has 'l' in the words: assonance

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

[ ]	red, Mercedes, quickly
[x]	violet, van, violently
[ ]	white, bus, slowly
[ ]	yellow, truck, recklessly

The last option has 'l' sounds in the words again

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

[ ]	new, potatoes
[ ]	pickled, herring
[x]	pickled, pepper
[ ]	rosy, apples

Alliteration makes words easy to remember!

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

[ ]	Wonderful Day
[ ]	Wonderful Thing
[ ]	Wonderful Time
[x]	Wonderful World

'Wonderful world' both begin with 'w' = alliteration

10.

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

[ ]	brown, envelope
[x]	empty, envelope
[ ]	long, envelope
[ ]	white, envelope

'E' sounds begin words and make the alliteration here