Alliteration
Some Twisters which also illustrate alliteration:
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Angela Abigail Applewhite ate anchovies and artichokes.
Bertha Bartholomew blew big, blue bubbles.
Clever Clifford Cutter clumsily closed the closet clasps.
Dwayne Dwiddle drew a drawing of dreaded Dracula.
Elmer Elwood eluded elven elderly elephants.
Floyd Flingle flipped flat flapjacks.
Greta Gruber grabbed a group of green grapes.
Hattie Henderson hated happy healthy hippos.
Ida Ivy identified the ivory iris.
Julie Jackson juggled the juicy, jiggly jello.
Karl Kessler kept the ketchup in the kitchen.
Lila Ledbetter lugged a lot of little lemons.
Milton Mallard mailed a mangled mango.
Norris Newton never needed new noodles.
Patsy planter plucked plump, purple, plastic plums.
Quinella Quist quite quickly quelled the quarreling quartet.
Randy Rathbone wrapped a rather rare red rabbit.
Shelly Sherman shivered in a sheer, short, shirt.
Trina Tweety tripped two twittering twins under a twiggy tree.
Uri Udall usually used his unique, unusual unicycle.
Vicky Vince viewed a very valuable vase.
Walter Whipple warily warned the weary warrior.
Xerxes Xenon expected to Xerox extra x-rays.
Yolana Yvonne Yarger yodeled up yonder yesterday.
Zigmund Zane zigzagged through the zany zoo zone.
Name:______________
Alliteration
Part I: Select four twisters from the list and illustrate them.
Complete two twisters of your own and illustrate them.
1. __________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________
Name:___________________
ALLITERATION
Alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two
repetitions in a row.
For example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. The first letter, p, is a
consonant. It is repeated many times.
Using the example below make up your own alliterative phrases.
Billy
C_______________
G_______________
Bob
C_______________
G_______________
Bought
C_______________
G_______________
Baby
C_______________
G_______________
Bottles
C_______________
G_______________
Underline the alliteration in these sentences.
1. Puny puma pit their skills against zebras.
2. Pretty Polly picked pears for preserves.
3. Handsome Harry hired hundreds of hippos for Hanukkah.
Finish the following sentences with alliterative words.
4. Doodling daughters __________________________________________.
5. Prickly pears _______________________________________________.
6. Studious students ____________________________________________.
7. Sunny skies ________________________________________________.