Wednesday 11-16-11

ALLITERATION

—Literary device where words in quick succession of one another begin with letters belonging to the same sound group. Whether it is the consonant sound or a specific vowel group, the alliteration involves creating a repetition of similar sounds in the sentence.

—Alliterations are also created when the words all begin with the same letter.

—Alliterations are used to add character to the writing and often add an element of ‘fun’ to the piece/ prose.

—Example:

  1. She sells sea-shells down by the sea-short” or

  2. “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers”

 ONOMATOPOEIA

—Words that sound like the objects they name or the sounds those objects make.

—Example:

  “Zip goes the jacket”
" Zip" is an onomatopoeia word because it sounds
like a jacket is zipping up.