1. Today we will recognize alliteration in poems.
Recognize = understand
What will we recognize today?

2. Onomatopoeia
Standard 3.5 Recognize the similiarities of sounds in words and rhythmic patterns (e.g. alliteration, onomatopoeia) in a selection

3. Background knowledge Have you ever heard the tongue twister:
Suzy sold sea shells by the sea shore
What consonant do most of these words start with?
Why is this sentence hard to say?

4. What is Alliteration?
A poem with alliteration repeats the initial consonant sounds closely together.
Alliteration is the repetition of two or more consonant sounds.
Tell your partner what alliteration is.

5. Example of Alliteration
Example: 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

6. Examples of alliteration:
Fine feathered friends
All those words begin with the consonant letter“f”
serious sea storm
All those words begin with the consonant letter “s”

7. These are NOT examples of alliteration
Slippery toads climb on lilies.
All of these words do not begin with the same consonant letters, so this is not an example of alliteration.
Tell your partner why this is not an example of alliteration.

8. The Purpose of Alliteration Poems
Alliteration poems tend to be tongue twisters. They are written for the fun they bring when they are read.
Lets see more poems with alliteration.

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

10. 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.

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

12. Super Tongue Twister!
Esau Wood sawed wood. Esau Wood would saw wood. Oh, the wood that Wood would saw! One day Esau Wood saw a saw saw wood as no other woodsaw Wood ever saw would saw wood. Of all the woodsaws Wood ever saw saw wood, Wood never saw a woodsaw that would saw wood like the woodsaw Wood saw would saw wood. Now Esau Wood saws with that saw he saw saw wood.

13. Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
Foxy got a loxy.
The train and the plane flew away.
Silent, soft, and slow descended the snow.
not here
Tell your partner what is the beginning sound that makes the sentence an alliteration.

14. Practice I have looked into
My Father’s Eyes
I have looked into
my father’s eyes and seen an african sunset.
What is the poem about?
African sunsets
The passage of time
The poets african heritage
Family traits and resemblances

15. Practice I have looked into
My Father’s Eyes
I have looked into
my father’s eyes and seen an african sunset.
The poet and her father are probably
on a trip to Africa
African American
watching a sunset
complete strangers

16. Practice I have looked into
My Father’s Eyes
I have looked into
my father’s eyes and seen an african sunset.
What might the sunset stand for in this poem?
a foreign country
a bright new beginning
the generation that has passed
the family’s African homeland

17. Review
A poem with alliteration repeats the initial consonant sounds closely together.
Alliteration is the repetition of two or more consonant sounds.

18. Poems with Alliteration on the Internet
Now let’s venture into the following websites to search for alliteration poems.

19. Stop here!
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20. Overview Of The Lesson
You will be taught the use of and special features of poetry.
You will be provided with many examples.
You will then be tested to see how well you can read and identify these different kinds of poetry.

21. What is a Rhyming Poem?
A rhyming poem is a verse poem that contains rhyming words at the end of certain lines.
Example: Night time by Lee Bennet Hopkins
How do dreams know
when to creep
into my head
when I fall off
to Sleep?

22. Types of Rhyming Poems
There are many types of rhyming poems. Here are names of some of them.
The Couplet
The Limerick
The Ballad Stanza (including the short and long)
Octaves

23. An Example of a Limerick
What is a limerick, Mother?
It's a form of verse, said brother
In which lines one and two
Rhyme with five when it's through
And three and four rhyme with each other.
author unknown

24. The Purpose of Rhyming Poems
Rhyming poems are used mainly for humor. These poems are fun to read.
Lets see some more poems with rhymes.

25. A Rhyming Poem Marty Smarty went to a party In her jumbo jet.
After tea she jumped in the sea
And got her pants all wet.
John Foster

26. More Rhymes Spaghetti! Spaghetti Spaghetti! Spaghetti!
You’re wonderful stuff,
I love you, spaghetti,
I can’t get enough.
You’re covered with sauce
And you’re sprinkled with cheese,
Spaghetti! Spaghetti!
Oh, give me some please.
Jack Prelutsky

27. Rhyming Poems on the Internet
Now let’s venture into the following websites to search for rhyming poems.

28. What is Rhythm? Any poem has the chance of having rhythm.
A poem has rhythm if the reader of the poem gives the poem rhythm.
For a poem to have rhythm, it has to be read following a pattern with its syllables. For example:
da, da, dadada da da, da, da, dadada da da,
da, da, dadada da da, da, da, dadada da da.

29. Example of Rhythm Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
and of all the king’s horses and all of the
King’s men
couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together
again.

30. Practice Your Rhythm Clankity Clankity Clankity Clank!
Ankylosaurus was built like a tank,
Its hide was a fortress as sturdy as steel,
It tended to be an inedible meal.
It was armored in front, it was armored behind,
There wasn’t a thing on its minuscule mind,
It waddled about on its four stubby legs,
Nibbling on plants with a mouthful of pegs.
Ankylosaurus was best left alone,
Its tail was a cudgel of gristle and bone,
Ankylosaurus was built like a tank.
By: Jack Prelutsky

31. More Rhythm Practice Iguanodon, Iguanodon, Whatever made you fade,
You’ve traveled on, Iguanodon,
We wish you could have stayed.
We’ve sought you everywhere,
Both here and yon, Iguanodon,
But failed to find you there.
You were a gentle kind,
But now you’re gone, Iguanodon,
And left your bones behind. By: Jack Prelutsky

32. Time For Review! What is a rhyme? Give me an example.
What is rhythm? Give me an example.
What is alliteration? Give me an example.