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.
I Made a Meme this Morning
Our Magic Toilet
My Dog Likes to Disco
Our Math Teacher’s Missing
My Brother Punched Me in the Head
My Cat Knows Karate
Please Don’t Prank Your Parents
April Fool’s Day
A Fishy List
My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye
Our Dog’s Name Is Roomba
My Sloth Is Supersonic
I Think My Dad Is Dracula
Our Holiday Shopping
Tiny Todd the Turtle
Good Morning, Mrs. Hamster
The Dog Ate Our Dinner
Olympic Granny
My Brother Plays Dungeons and Dragons
My Father Can’t Find Me
My Flat Cat
Halloween Checklist
Advice from Dracula
The Football Game Is on TV