Alliteration Alliteration Alliteration is when the letter at

Alliteration

Alliteration � Alliteration is when the letter at the start of words is the same. � Eg: Tall tree tops

Can you spot any alliteration? � Mr Benn sat on his soft, silky sofa with a big, blue blanket.

Here it is! � Mr Benn sat on his soft, silky sofa with a big, blue blanket.

What is special about these characters’ names?

They all use Alliteration!! � Horrid Henry � Bugs Bunny � Spongebob Squarepants � Daffy Duck � Mickey Mouse � Peppa Pig

When is it used? � Alliteration is used a lot in poetry � If you look carefully, you will find a lot of alliteration in books too! we found alliteration in For Heidi With Blue Hair when the poet said “teachers twittered” � Today

Don't bring camels in the classroom. scorpions to school. rhinos, rats, or reindeer. mice or moose or mule. Pull your penguin off the playground. Put your python in a tree. Place your platypus wherever you think platypi should be. Lose your leopard and your lemur. Leave your llama and your leech. Take your tiger, toad and toucan anywhere but where they teach. Send your wombat and your weasel with your wasp and wolverine. Hide your hedgehog and hyena where you're sure they won't be seen. Please get rid of your gorilla. Please kick out your kangaroo. No the teacher didn't mean it when she called the class a "zoo". � --Kenn Nesbitt