ALLITERATION

What is alliteration?

Alliteration is the repetition of a sound at the beginning of

two or more neighboring words.

Alliterative Sentences

Creepy crawly critters keep quiet.

A pirate picked a pair of pretty purple pants.

My four friends are fantastic.

More Alliterative Sentences

Forevergreen Forest was a peaceful place.

Slick and silent, the snake slithered in the tree.

The quiet cricket creeped through the grass.

The SnakeBy Janet Lawler

Slick and silent,

Near my toe,

Through the leaves,

I see it go.

Over sticks

I watch it glide,

Looking for a place to hide.

Slow and sliding,

Does it know,

I’m scared of how it

Slithers so?

Sly and sleek, it slips away.

I’m glad it passed me by today

The SnakeBy Janet Lawler

Slick and silent,Near my toe,Through the leaves,I see it go.Over sticksI watch it glide,Looking for a place to hide.Slow and sliding,Does it know,I’m scared of how itSlithers so?Sly and sleek, it slips away.I’m glad it passed me by today

Tongue Twisters

Shelly shouldn’t shake saltshakers, should she?

Five fat frogs fly past fast.

Fred’s friend Fran flips fine flapjacks fast.

Here’s A Fun One

Betty Botter bought some butter.“But,” she said, “the butter’s bitter.If I put it in my batter,It will make my batter bitter,But a bit of better butter,That would make my batter better.”So she bought a bit of butterBetter than her bitter butter,And she put it in her batter,And the batter was not bitter.So t’was better Betty BotterBought a bit of better butter.

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