Language Skill: Alliteration

Language Skill: Alliteration : 

Language Skill: Alliteration Julien Sanghyo Park November 2, 2010

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What is Alliteration? Alliteration is the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words. Alliteration can make your phrase, sentence, story, and poem more fun and interesting. For example: Betty loves to bake buns and biscuits. The cute kitten crept around the kitchen. Alliteration is often used in tongue twisters. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper. Introduction

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Alliteration can be found in common collocations, characters’ names, movie titles, song titles, brand names, newspaper headlines, etc. time travel, peer pressure, beer belly Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck Moaning Myrtle, Salazar Slytherin (Harry Potter) ROAR RAGE AT RUNCORN RALLY V for Vendetta Sound of Silence Dunkin’ Donuts, Weight Watchers Introduction (continued)

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How to Alliterate? Step 1 ♦ Decide on a word to start with. ♦ Let’s take “tiger” for example. ♦ What’s the beginning sound? Yes, [t]. Or you can decided on a consonant sound. “Words starting with B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z generally have a consonant sound at the beginning.” Demonstration

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Demonstration (continued) How to Alliterate? Step 2 ♦ Think of other words beginning with [t] sound. Tom, take, tell, tall, terrible, table, test, ten, twelve, to, etc. “Using/consulting a dictionary is a good idea!”

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How to Alliterate? Step 3 ♦ Make a phrase/sentence using ‘tiger’ and the words beginning with [t] you thought of or found in the dictionary. Twelve tigers. Tom talked to ten tigers. Demonstration (continued)

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Guided Practice Your turn to have a go! ♦ Pair up with the person next to you. ♦ Read the following incomplete sentences and identify the beginning consonant sounds of each word. • Mommy made _________________. • Black bears ____________________. • Henry had _____________________. ♦ Work with your partner to finish the sentences with the words with the same beginning sound. ♦ Share your answers with other pairs.

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Check & Feedback: ♦ Read the words/sentence you have written out loud. ♦ Is there a rhythm to the sentence? ♦ Can you clap to it or chant out the words? ♦ Does the sentence slide off your tongue like a slithery snake? Guided Practice (continued)

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Let’s Revise! Alliteration can make your language interesting or more memorable, especially when read aloud. time travel VS time journey beer belly VS beer stomach Moaning Myrtle VS Crying Myrtle Just Remember “two or more words with the same beginning sound” Review

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Application Now, it’s time to apply! Make your own tongue twister! ♦ Write 3 tongue twisters of your own. ♦ Underline the same beginning sound. ♦ Try to read them aloud without slipping up. ♦ Share with the class.