Grade 2 · Lesson 57 — All four devices

U1 · Poetics + grammar maintenance · Alliteration · student sheet is G1_L57_Worksheet.html
Ask the question, then answer. Alliteration: “Do the sounds match, and where?”

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Screef,saidtheleafthathadbeensilentuntilnow.1Ask: Do the sounds match, and where?2Try it — “said the leaf” ✓ — so “said the leaf” is alliteration.Same steps every time. The marks stay.
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  1. Find the alliteration.
    The cat sat on a hat.
    the alliteration in “The cat sat on a hat.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  2. Find the alliteration.
    Blue leaves fell like a breeze.
    the alliteration in “Blue leaves fell like a breeze.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  3. Find the alliteration.
    The little lizard lay lazily along the log.
    the alliteration in “The little lizard lay lazily along the log.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  4. Find the alliteration.
    Sally sold seven small shells by the shore.
    the alliteration in “Sally sold seven small shells by the shore.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  5. Find the alliteration.
    Freddy the fox found four fresh figs.
    the alliteration in “Freddy the fox found four fresh figs.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  6. Find the alliteration.
    The muddy monkey made a mess in the morning.
    the alliteration in “The muddy monkey made a mess in the morning.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
Secure looks like: Finds non-adjacent alliteration in an MCT poem, judged by sound rather than letter, and distinguishes it from consonance.
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