1. Direction: Underline the letters in each sentence below that contribute to
the creation of alliteration.
Example: I rowed the boat in the sinfully silent sea.
I rowed the boat in the sinfully silent sea.
1. Please put your pen and paper away.
2. I had to hurry home.
3. Come and close your closet.
4. She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
5. Go gather green leaves in the garden.
6. Silly Sally swiftly shoveled snow.
7. The baron was a busy bee.
8. Peter planted petunias in the praire.
9. The lazy lion looked like a lump.
10. Howard’s helmet was heavy.
Direction: Read the quotes below and figure out where assonance and/or
consonance are being used. Then write down what sounds are being
repeated.
Example: Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. O - Assonance
1. Her finger hungered for a ring.
2. How they clang, and clash,
3. and roar! What a horror they outpour.
4. Whose woods these are I think I know.
5. He saw the cost and hauled o-.
6. I sipped the rim with palatable lip.
7. A gallant knight, in sunshine and in shadow,
8. “Thou art a fool,” said my head to my heart.
9. What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
10. It was half as funny after, when they laughed so at the staff.
Directions: Read each sentence and circle the onomatopoeic word.
1. During a dangerous mission on the foreign planet, Spaceman Spiff zapped
the alien with his ray-gun.
2. As Daryl was gargling his mouthwash, he regretted starting his day with
orange juice.
3. Keith threw his brother on the ground and the dishes fell to the floor with a
clatter
4. As the solider ran through the field, a bullet whizzed by his car.
5. Juan had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach.
6. Dissatisfied with her work, Beth crinkled up the paper and threw it in the
trash.
7. The patient sounded like he was hacking up a lung.
8. I secretly ripped up the birthday checks that my grandmother sent me.
9. Jake was pleased when he heard the new pencil sharpener hum efficiently.
10. When he pressed on the gas, he took off so quickly that his tires screeched.
Direction: Underline the letters in each sentence below that contribute to
the creation of alliteration.
Example: I rowed the boat in the sinfully silent sea.
I rowed the boat in the sinfully silent sea.
1. Please put your pen and paper away.
2. I had to hurry home.
3. Come and close your closet.
4. She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
5. Go gather green leaves in the garden.
6. Silly Sally swiftly shoveled snow.
7. The baron was a busy bee.
8. Peter planted petunias in the praire.
9. The lazy lion looked like a lump.
10. Howard’s helmet was heavy.
Direction: Read the quotes below and figure out where assonance and/or
consonance are being used. Then write down what sounds are being
repeated.
Example: Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. O - Assonance
1. Her finger hungered for a ring.
2. How they clang, and clash,
3. and roar! What a horror they outpour.
4. Whose woods these are I think I know.
5. He saw the cost and hauled o-.
6. I sipped the rim with palatable lip.
7. A gallant knight, in sunshine and in shadow,
8. “Thou art a fool,” said my head to my heart.
9. What a world of merriment their melody foretells!
10. It was half as funny after, when they laughed so at the staff.
Directions: Read each sentence and circle the onomatopoeic word.
1. During a dangerous mission on the foreign planet, Spaceman Spiff zapped
the alien with his ray-gun.
2. As Daryl was gargling his mouthwash, he regretted starting his day with
orange juice.
3. Keith threw his brother on the ground and the dishes fell to the floor with a
clatter
4. As the solider ran through the field, a bullet whizzed by his car.
5. Juan had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach.
2. 6. Dissatisfied with her work, Beth crinkled up the paper and threw it in the
trash.
7. The patient sounded like he was hacking up a lung.
8. I secretly ripped up the birthday checks that my grandmother sent me.
9. Jake was pleased when he heard the new pencil sharpener hum efficiently.
10. When he pressed on the gas, he took off so quickly that his tires screeched.
