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MARCH 10 , 2010. Alliteration. AGENDA. Warm up Read a sample of Alliteration NOTES Your Turn. Warm up . What is alliteration. READ SAMPLE POETRY:. Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Try to listen for simple alliteration throughout the poem. NOTES:.
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MARCH 10, 2010 Alliteration
AGENDA • Warm up • Read a sample of Alliteration • NOTES • Your Turn
Warm up • What is alliteration
READ SAMPLE POETRY: • Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Try to listen for simple alliteration throughout the poem.
NOTES: • ALLITERATION is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Writers use alliteration for emphasis and to give their writing a musical quality. • EX… And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing a spark • Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleeting.
Activity: • UNDERLINE THE ALLITERATION IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES: • Puny puma pits their skills against zebras. • Pretty Polly picked pears for preserves. • Handsome Harry hired hundreds of hippos for Haunkkah.
CONT… • COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH ALLITERATION: • Doodling daughters ___________________. • Prickly pears _________________________. • Studious students _____________________. • Sunny skies __________________________.
TONGUE TWISTERS • After reviewing your list of tongue twisters, select any one twister and illustrate it.