RIC-20229 Primary Grammar and Word Study Year 1 – Figures of Speech

Figures of speech
Alliteration
Focus
Alliteration
Definition
• Alliteration is the repetition of a sound at the
beginning of words.
Example:
Ten tiny tadpoles talked to each other.
Explanation
• Alliteration occurs when the same sound or sound
group is repeated at the commencement of two or
more stressed syllables of a word group (usually the
first sound in a word).
• Activities using alliteration are often used when
introducing initial sounds to young students.
• Alliteration is often used in nursery rhymes and
poetry.
Example:
Baa baa black sheep ...
• Alliteration can make rhymes, poems or songs
easier to remember.
• Alliteration is a useful writing tool to create special
effects.
Worksheet information
• Read and discuss the explanation, give some
examples and ask the students for some examples.
• Read the text in Question 1 with the students,
assisting with any unfamiliar vocabulary.
• Using a coloured pencil, students underline any
words beginning with ‘s’. Check answers before
proceeding to Question 2. (Interesting ‘s’ words
can be added to student dictionaries to use during
writing activities.)
• Look at and discuss each picture, highlighting
any words which begin with ‘f’ and ‘h’. Assist with
writing unfamiliar words.
• Read and discuss the sentence beginnings in
Question 3 and ask for suggestions for words to
complete the sentences. Ensure that the students
know which beginning sound they should be using.
(Allow the students to colour the picture after
completing the worksheet.)
Ideas for further practice
• Identify alliterative words in texts used during shared
reading sessions.
• Learn to say tongue twisters such as ‘Peter Piper
picked a peck of pickled peppers’.
• Select individual students to share their answers to
Question 3 and any other interesting alliteration they
create or encounter.
Answers
1. (a) Teacher check
(b) On Saturday, the swirling sea swept six silly
seals to the seashore. They sat on the soft
sand. Some were sad and some were sick.
On Sunday, the Seal Search and Rescue Squad
saved them and scurried them back out to sea.
The seals swam safely out of sight.
2.–3. Teacher check
©R.I.C. Publications
Low Resolution Images
Display Copy
Primary grammar and word study 76
www.ricpublications.com.au R.I.C. Publications ®