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Alliteration!!

Explore the use of alliteration in poetry to create memorable lines, emphasize certain words, and create an appealing sound for readers. Examples from Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass" and Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" are provided. Real-life examples of alliteration in newspaper headlines, magazine article titles, advertising slogans, sports team names, and book titles are also discussed. Tongue twisters and a writing exercise using alliteration are included as well.

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Alliteration!!

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  1. Alliteration!! 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. From Through the Looking Glass- Lewis Carroll “The time has come,” the walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes–and ships—and sealing-wax— Of cabbages—and kings.” “The time has come,” the walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes–and ships—and sealing-wax— Of cabbages—and kings.” What are the repeated sounds?

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

  5. from The Giver Squinting toward the sky, he had seen the sleek jet, almost a blur at its high speed, go past, and a second later heard the blast of sound that followed. Squinting toward the sky, he had seen the sleek jet, almost a blur at its high speed, go past, and a second later heard the blast of sound that followed. What are the repeated sounds?

  6. 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.

  7. 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”

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

  9. 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…”

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

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

  12. 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?

  13. Writing with Alliteration • Choose a letter. • Write a complete sentence (YES! It has to make sense!) using as many words as you can that begin with that letter.

  14. Alliteration Advertisements!

  15. Additional Alliteration Application(Extra Credit)

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