1. Definitions and Examples
Literary Devices
Definitions and Examples

2. Goals After this lesson, you should be able to:
Understand the definitions of two literary devices: alliteration and hyperbole
Identify examples of these literary devices in a text
Make up your own examples
Very clear and easy to read

3. Alliteration
the repetition of sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words.

4. Fun with Words Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
She sells sea shells by the sea shore
Zigmund Zane zig-zagged through the zany zoo zone.
What do you want the students to notice here? You may want to let them know in some way..

5. Identify the Alliteration in these sentences
Puny puma pit their skills against the zebras.
Pretty Polly picked pears for preserves.
Handsome Harry hired hundreds of hippos for Hanukkah.

6. Answers Puny puma pit their skills against the zebras.
Pretty Polly picked pears for preserves.
Handsome Harry hired hundreds of hippos for Hanukkah.
This was excellent way to use color

7. Make Your Own …and share with the class!
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8. Hyperbole An extravagant exaggeration used to emphasize a point.
It’s so hot! I think I’m going to melt!

9. Where is the exaggeration?
I’m so tired, I could sleep for a year!
I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!
I tried a thousand times!
It was so funny, I nearly died laughing!

10. Try some of your own! I’m so tired… I’m so hungry… It was so funny…
How will the students know if they did it correctly? Can you provide them feedback in some way?

11. Let’s Sum Things Up! Remember: look for these while you read!
Alliteration: the repetition of sound at the beginning of two or more neighboring words.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Hyperbole: An extravagant exaggeration used to emphasize a point.
I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse!
Remember: look for these while you read!