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Have you noticed that many products and places have names that repeat the initial sound in two or more words?
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The Party Palace
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Crafty Karen
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Daren’s Delicious Delights
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This is Alliteration: The repetition of the initial sound in two or more words in order to create an auditory effect.
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The snake slithered on the sand .
Can you “hear” the snake?

Lefty Lyle left his car outside.
L
The new moon shined with a shimmery gray.
Sh
Ten tired toddlers tumbled to bed together.
T
He folded the faded flag at the ceremony.
F
Donna did not do the dishes.
D

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A writer uses this technique by giving animals, nature and inanimate objects human characteristics. It is used widely in comedy and children’s stories.
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The sun beat down with hot malice.
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The mouse said to the lion,”Please, don’t eat me!”
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The tree branches surrounded the baby with love and tenderness .

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The sun beat down with hot malice.
Only humans are capable of malice.
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The mouse said to the lion,”Please, don’t eat me!”
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Only humans can talk, not mice.
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The tree branches surrounded the baby with love and tenderness .
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Branches are not capable of intention.
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The soft grass invited us to lay down.
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People invite, not grass.

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The writer uses an exaggeration to cause an impression in a more imaginative way.
Sometimes, it may combine the use of a metaphor, simile or other technique of literature:
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The baby cried like an ambulance siren. (simile + hyperbole)
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She is just a big marshmellow.
(metaphor + hyperbole)
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H arry almost died when h e h eard the good news .(alliteration + hyperbole)

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Helen drinks gallons of cola every day.
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Her belt size is “equator”.
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I love to watch science fiction.
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He is as tall as a tower.
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That dog barks like a foghorn.
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My boss argues with me everyday.
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I will die if you see me like this!
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Please, drink all your milk.

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In this technique, the writer refers to a historical or literary event in order to illustrate or clarify a present idea. It may cite a famous literary text or a recognizable historical moment:
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Mary said, “To be or not to be.
That is the question”.
(Shakespeare’s Hamlet)
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John reminded me of Martin Luther King when he said,”I have a dream”. (famous speech)
It sounded like the Civil War in there.
(historical event)

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John and Mary are the Beauty and the Beast.
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Allusion : Refers to a famous story or movie
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The warm, summer breeze whispered words of peace to my ears.
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Personification : breeze does not speak
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Calvin carefully cut the cucumber in half.
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Alliteration : the “C” is alliterated
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I was so thirsty I could drink up the Gulf of
Mexico.
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Hyperbole : It is an exaggeration

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It is a traditional French poem with 5 lines, and a specific number of words in each line.
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One word ________
Three words _______ ________ ________
Five words _______ _______ ________ _________ _______
Three words _______ ________ _______
One word ________
This example uses personification :
Flowers
They are pretty!
Can tell us about life:
Life is short…
Transitions

Imagination
I am alive!
I can sing so softly, (alliteration)
Jump over mountains, (hyperbole)
Imagine!
Moon
It is sad (personification)
It floats quietly waiting for
Another Apollo 17 (allusion)
NASA!

Baby
Cute, cuddly baby (alliteration)
He is in my arms
Don’t ever go! (hyperbole)
Stay!
Trees
Call to me (personification)
They are my whole life (hyperbole)
Give me oxygen
Beautiful!

CRITERIA
On time
Correct spelling
Used 1 of the techniques
Used another technique
Meaningful content
Commented on at least 2 peers
4
Awesome
3
Admirable
2
Acceptable
1
Amateur
TOTAL
24 pts.