poetic device: Alliteration
Alliteration is not when words start with the same letter but, rather, when the first stressed (or accented) syllable of two nearby words begin with the same consonant sound. This means that there are basically three types of alliterations:
- When nearby words start with the same consonants and the same sounds, such as “dancing dogs”, or “big boys.”
- When nearby words start with different consonants but the same sounds, such as “cats and kittens” or “jungle gym.”
- When nearby words start with different sounds, but have the same sounds at the beginning of their first stressed syllable, such as “normal banana” (which each have an “n” sound on the first stressed syllable) or “regular karate” (which each have an “r” sound on the first stressed syllable).
These poems include alliterations. Some may have just a single alliteration within the poem, while others may include dozens of alliterations.
A Fishy List
Chelsea Had Some Chocolate Milk
My New Remote
I Let My Sister Cut My Hair
My Creepy Costume
Vacation Cancellation
My Teacher Took My iPod
I Dreamed it Was December
I Took My Doggy for a Walk
Cooking Class
An Ogre Came over for Dinner
Halloween Checklist
Our Math Teacher’s Missing
Unsteady Teddy
My Christmas Travel Plan
My Dog Is Always Shivering
My Dog Likes to Dig
I’m Glad at Last It’s Halloween
With Christmas Coming Soon
Everyone’s Screaming
My Sister Should Be an Explorer
I Dreamed that I Was Flying
How to Eat a Chocolate Bunny
My Favorite Word is Floofy