1. Sound Effects SPI 0701.8.8 Accent, alliteration, onomatopoeia, repetition, rhyme, internal rhyme

2. Sound Effects Alliteration When the same beginning sound of a word is repeated Technically, there’s no definition for how many words in a phrase or a sentence need to start with the same sound to be considered alliteration

3. Sound Effects Why Alliterate? Alliteration can help give writing a particular mood… harsh sounds (like “K”) can give a threatening mood, while soft, silky sounds (like “S”) can create a mood of mystery or slyness.

4. Sound Effects Tongue Twisters Lots of tongue twisters count on alliteration for their difficulty… She sells sea shells down by the sea shore

5. Sound Effects A Few Tips Alliterative words don’t necessarily have to come in a row, but the closer they are the better. The SOUND is what’s important, not the LETTER… so… Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout is still alliteration even with a “C” Turn to p. 582 in your Literature Book

6. Sound Effect: Alliteration Examples Sheila Shorter sought a suitor; Shelia sought a suitor short. Sheila’s suitor sure to suit her; Short’s the suitor Sheila sought! by Michael Rosen

7. Alliteration Examples Down the slippery slide they slid Sitting slightly sideways; Slipping swiftly see them skid On holidays and Fridays.

8. Another Alliteration Poem A fly and a flea flew up in a flue. Said the fly to the flea, “What shall we do?” “Let’s fly,” said the flea. “Let’s flee,” said the fly. So they fluttered and flew up a flaw in the flue.

9. More Tongue Twisters “Night, night, Knight”, said one Knight to the other knight the other night. “Night-night, Knight.”

10. Sound Effects Onomatopoeia The written expression of a sound It can be simple and standard like Oink, Moo, or Cock-a- doodle-doo It can be complicated and made up like “Woosheegaga” for something a baby might say

11. Sound Effects Onomatopoeia Examples? Oink Meow Boom Zoom Click Clang Buzz Zap bang

12. Sound Effects Why Use Onomatopoeia? It helps give the reader a better sensory description of what’s going on When we talk about description with writing, we usually think of things we see. Onomatopoeia helps the reader imagine the sound of an experience

13. BUZZ 'Listen to the bee buzz by'.

14. CLICK 'Click the button and take a picture'..

15. CRACKLE 'Listen to the fire crackle in the dark'..

16. FLUSH 'Don't forget to flush the toilet'..

17. WHOOSH 'Dave whooshed down the hill'..

18. Match the following sentences to the onomatopoeia that describes them.

19. A plate being dropped on the floor. A balloon being burst. A gun being shot. Someone eating crisps. A light being switched on. A fierce dog. A small bell being rung. TINKLEBANGGROWL CRUNCHCLICK SMASHPOP

20. Brainstorm for approximately 5 minutes. List all the onomatopoeia words that you can.

21. Find one picture from a magazine that shows action. Write a paragraph that describes the action and include as many onomatopoeia words as you can.

22. Sound Effects Repetition Repetition happens when a word or phrase is repeated multiple times

23. Sound Effects What’s the point of repetition? Repetition puts emphasis on important words, phrases, or ideas Repetition can also work to help out a poem’s rhythm

24. Sound Effects: Sample Repetition Poem

25. Sound Effects Rhyme Scheme The rhyming pattern in a stanza or a poem.

26. Main TopicDetails Rhyme Scheme  Depends on the last word in each line

27. Main TopicDetails Rhyme Scheme  The rhyming lines don’t have to be in order

28. Main TopicDetails Rhyme Scheme  Is usually written like: AABB or ABAB CDCD

29. Main TopicDetails AABB?Look at a poem, like “The Porcupine” by Ogden Nash: (yes, copy it into your notes) Any hound a porcupine nudges Can’t be blamed for harboring grudges. I know one hound that laughed all winter At a porcupine that sat on a splinter.

30. Main TopicDetails AABB? Which words rhyme? Nudges Grudges Winter Splinter

31. Main TopicDetails AABB? The first end word that rhymes is given the letter A. Why A? Because it is first, and A is first. Any line that ends with a words that rhymes with the first rhyme word will also be given the letter A. What two words in the Poem will be given the letter A?

32. Main TopicDetails AABB? Grudges and Nudges What letter do you think we will give the words Winter and Splinter?

33. Main TopicDetails AABB? What is the Rhyme Scheme of “The Porcupine” by Ogden Nash What if most of the lines rhyme, but some lines don’t?

34. Main TopicDetails What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem? How many stanzas are in this poem? “The Falling Star” by Sara Teasdale I saw a star slide down the sky, Blinding the north as it went by, Too burning and quick to hold, Too lovely to be bought or sold, Good only to make wishes on And then forever to be gone.

35. Main TopicDetails What is the rhyme scheme of the following poems? How many stanzas are in this poem? “The Crocodile” by Lewis Carroll (author of Alice in Wonderland) How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the nile On every golden scale! How Cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spreads his claws, And welcomes little fishes in, With gently smiling jaws!

36. Main TopicDetails What is the rhyme scheme of the following poems? How many stanzas are in this poem? What do you think the title of this poem is? Are there any similes? “The _________” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely hands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.

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