Topic: Repetition & Alliteration
Repetition
Repetition is a literary device that involves intentionally using a word or phrase for
effect, two or more times in a speech or written work. For repetition to be
noticeable, the words or phrases should be repeated within close proximity of each
other.
Examples
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What you own ends up owning you.
Time after time
Heart to heart
Boys will be boys
Hand in hand
Get ready; get set; go
Alliteration
Alliteration occurs when the words that are close to each other begin with the same
letter or sound.
For example,
• Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers.
Read the following poem carefully. Identify alliteration by underlining it and
repetition by highlighting it.
Better Botter bought some butter
“But”, she said, “This Batter’s bitter”,
If I put it in my batter,
‘Twill but make my batter bitter.”
So Betty Botter bought some butter,
Better than the bitter butter,
And made her bitter batter better.
Complete the following sentences using alliteration. First one has been solved
for the reference.
1- Twenty terrible tigers.
2- Two tiny __________________________.
3- Eight evil __________________________.
4- Nine naughty _______________________.
5- Ten trembling _______________________.
6- Rocky river __________________________.
7- Slippery snake ________________________.
8- Sturdy sportsman ______________________.
Write down two sentences with alliteration.
Sentence 1:
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Sentence 2:
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Write down a poem (on any topic of your choice) using repetition.
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