1. ALLITERATION & HYPERBOLE
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2. Let’s look at the term:
alliteration
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3. Alliteration is a technique that repeats the beginning sounds of the words used in a sentence.
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4. Alliteration is the fancy name for a tongue twister!
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5. EXAMPLES
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6. Pretty Polly picked peppers for Peter.
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7. Handsome Harry hated hats and horses.
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8. Polly planted plenty of pretty pansies.
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9. Which letter creates alliteration in the cartoon below?
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10. Highlight examples of alliteration:
Fresh Fish
Do you like fresh fish? It's just fine at Finney's Diner. Finney also has some fresher fish that's fresher and much finer. But his best fish is his freshest fish and Finney says with pride, "The finest fish at Finney's is my freshest fish, French-fried!“
"Oh say can you say" Dr. Seuss, 1979
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11. LET’S PRACTICE!
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12. Click on the link to practice alliteration:
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13. Let’s look at the term:
hyperbole
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14. A hyperbole is a big exaggeration!
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15. EXAMPLES
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16. Now , that is really hungry!
I am so hungry that I could eat a horse!
Now , that is really hungry!
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17. I told you a thousand times to take out the garbage!
That’s a lot of times!
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18. It has snowed forever!
That’s a long time!
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19. I nearly died laughing! That’s pretty funny!
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20. It takes her all day to get ready!
WOW…hurry it up already!
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21. His brain is the size of a pea!
That’s pretty small!
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22. SUM IT UP
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23. Alliteration is a tongue twister!
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24. The beginning sounds of the words used in the sentence are repeated.
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25. A hyperbole is a big exaggeration!
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26. LET’S TAKE A QUIZ!
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27. Click on the link to play the BIG QUIZ:
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28. YOUR TASK
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29. Make a poster showing examples of alliteration and hyperbole.
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30. Alliteration Hyperbole
(repeated sound) (exaggeration)
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32. How did you do?
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