ENGLISH
Sound devices (onomatopoeia,
alliteration,
consonance &assonance)
QUARTER 1
WEEK 1
Listen as your teacher reads
the following sentences.
1. Kaboom! The bite of dynamite cut deep inside
the earth! (excerpt from “Kaboom!” by Denise
Rodgers)
2. Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled pepper.
3. Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide
wide sea! (excerpt from “The Rime of Ancient
Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
4. Water rushing, gushing, pushing past the limits
of the edge (excerpt from “Great Lakes Rhythm &
Rhyme”)
“What have you
noticed in each
statement?”
ACTIVITY 1
Analyze
the
following
sentences
if
it
is
Onomatopoeia,
Assonance,
Alliteration or Consonance.
1. The sheep went Baaa...Baaa!
2. Dan’s dog dove deep in the dam drinking dirty
water.
3. Blank and think, sent and went.
4. Monkey makes a major messes.
5. Will she read these cheap leaflets.
6. The driver revved the race car’s engine.
7. He struck a streak of bad luck. 8. On a proud
rounding cloud.
9. Patty picked a pickled pizza.
10. A turtle in the fertile soil.
“Which among the figures of
sounds do you like the most?
Why?”
ACTIVITY 2
ACTIVITY 3
Read the short poem. Pick out the
words that exemplify the figure of
sound. Write your answers inside
the boxes.
ACTIVITY 4
ACTIVITY 5
ACTIVITY 6