Alliteration and Assonance Alliteration The repetition of initial consonant sounds Example: “the soft surge of the sea” Example: “We Real Cool” The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel. We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon. Alliteration

“Clara Cleech” The poorest juggler ever seen was clumsy Clara Cleech, who juggled a bean, a nectarine,, a pumpkin, and a peach.

She juggled a stone, a slide trombone, a celery stalk, a stick, a seeded roll, a salad bowl, a bagel, a boot, a brick.

Author: Jack Prelutsky, The New Kid on the Block Alliteration “Miraculous Mortimer”

Miraculous Mortimer (Master Magician) Has sawn his assistant in two. He can’t recall how to reverse her condition- Has anyone here any glue?

Jack Prelutsky, The New Kid on the Block Alliteration “Baloney Belly Billy” Baloney Belly Billy Swallows anything for cash, If you offer him a penny, He’ll chew paper from the trash, He’ll eat guppies for a nickel, For a dime, he’ll eat a bug, And a quarter will convince him That he ought to eat a slug.

Jack Prelutsky, The New Kid on the Block

Alliteration

“I Wear the Most Amazing Shoes”

I wear the most amazing shoes The world has ever seen. The left is pink and purple, And the right is gold and green. They have ribbons, beads, and spangles, Buckles, bangles, belts, and bows, And assorted silver sequins That illuminate the toes.

Author: Jack Prelutsky, A Pizza the Size of the Sun

Alliteration

“Shoe shopping is so much fun” Yes or No “City Slicker” Yes or No “Cake City” Yes or No *Alliteration is similar to tongue-twisters

“Frenetica Fluntz” Hello everyone, I’m Frenetica Fluntz, I do many things, and I do them at once. This makes me extremely amazing to see. It also saves time, as I’m sure you’ll agree.

Jack Prelutsky, A Pizza the Size of the Sun “Grasshopper Gumbo”

GRASSHOPPER GUMBO IGUANA TAIL TARTS TOAD A LA MODE PICKLED PELICAN PARTS ELEPHANT GELATIN FROG FRICASEE PUREE OF PLATYPUS BOILED BUMBLEBEE PORCUPINE PUDDING STEAMED CENTIPEDE SKINS SQUID SUCKER SUNDAES FRIED FLYING FISH FINS MEADOW MOUSE MORSELS CRACKED CROCODILE CRUNCH The school cafeteria serves them for lunch.

More Fun with Alliteration

 Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,…  While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,  Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before,…  Open here I fling the shutter, when with many a flirt and a flutter  Nothing further then he uttered, not a feather then he fluttered,  Started at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,  What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore. Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Now You Try…

 Hungry cows eat grass: Cows craving cuisine crunch crops. A lonely person cries beside a body of water.

A funny girl cuts snowflakes out of cloth.

A certain young man finds some sports boring.

My mother bakes great cupcakes. Assonance

 Repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning, middle, or end of a word. Example:  “From the molten-golden notes.”  “He is all pine, and I apple orchard.”  Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.  “She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven.” “This is the ship of pearl, which poets feign.” “I hear even now the infinite fierce chorus.” “On this green bank by the soft stream.” “Sleep sweetly in your humble graves.”

Practice with Alliteration and Assonance

 From “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes.

Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black. They coiled and swam, and every track Was a flash of golden fire.