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Alliteration and Hyperbole

Alliteration and Hyperbole. Poetry Unit. Alliteration!!. Repetition of beginning sounds of words. Poets use alliteration to create “music” in poetry. How? Makes lines more memorable. Emphasis Creates an appealing sound for readers. Alliteration in song!. Hyperbole.

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Alliteration and Hyperbole

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  1. Alliterationand Hyperbole Poetry Unit

  2. Alliteration!! • Repetition of beginning sounds of words. • Poets use alliteration to create “music” in poetry. How? • Makes lines more memorable. • Emphasis • Creates an appealing sound for readers

  3. Alliteration in song!

  4. Hyperbole • A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect. EXTREME EXAGGERATION. • Examples: • I could sleep for a year. • This book weighs a ton.

  5. Hyperbole in song

  6. Alliteration: SOUNDS not Always letters! • Karl’s Cool Chameleon! • Alliteration? • YES! • Carl’s Cool Cello • Alliteration? • NO!

  7. from “The Raven”by Edgar Allen Poe Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore. And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

  8. Alliteration in real life? • Newspaper Headlines • “At Cuba Helm, Castro Brother Stays the Course” • “Pretentious Prowler Pries Apartment Lock” • “The Devil Dog Made Me Do It” • “The Bucket Brigade”

  9. Alliteration in real life? • Magazine Article Titles • “Shaquille O’Neal Says Suns Should be Fine”

  10. Alliteration in real life? • Advertising Slogans • Allied Irish Bank: “Britain’s Best Business Bank.” • Doral: “Discover the Doral Difference.” • Jaguar: “Don’t Dream it. Drive it.” • Girl Guides: “Dream. Dare. Do.” • Fila: “Functional…Fashionable…Formidable…”

  11. Alliteration in real life? • Sports Team Names • New York Yankees • Buffalo Bills • Tennessee Titans • Utah Utes • Cleveland Cavaliers

  12. Alliteration in real life? • Book Titles • The Slippery Slope • The Carnivorous Carnival

  13. Tongue Twisters Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

  14. Hyperbole in real Life?

  15. What’s the hyperbole here?

  16. Alliteration and Hyperbole Advertisements!

  17. Your assignment Create an advertisement that uses both alliteration and hyperbole. • REQUIREMENTS • A product, service, or place with at least 3 alliterative words in its name. • An illustration/image • A hyperbole caption/slogan for the ad • Challenge: Make your caption/slogan with alliteration within the hyperbole! • Lots of color and effort! • STEPS • Choose a product, service, or place you want to create an ad for (real or fictional). • Create a 5 minute rough draft with the requirements • Create your advertisement on construction paper.

  18. Example Alliteration! Hyperbole with alliteration

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