Alliterations with adjectives are admittedly an adventure!
Alliteration Worksheets
Alliteration is a literary device that uses the repetition of the sounds, usually the beginning sounds, of words. Tongue twisters use alliteration, as does a phrase like “wide and wonderful world.” Alliteration creates a mood and shows how an author wants to emphasize certain words and concepts.
Need to brush up on the topic? What is Alliteration?
Below are free printable alliteration worksheets for practice in your classroom or at home. Simply click on the activity title to view the details of the worksheet or to download as a PDF.
Adventures With Alliteration! Nouns
Time to tackle the terrific alliteration!
Adventures With Alliteration! Verbs
Verbs are very versatile, especially in amazing alliterations!
Alliteration Adventure
This worksheet is all about alliteration. Students write a list of words for a specific letter, then write three sentences using the words on the list.
Alliteration and Tongue Twisters
These tongue twisters teach about alliteration. Students answer questions based on fun tougue twisters!
Alliteration Animals
Here’s a great beginning alliteration worksheet! Students write a sentence using the beginning sound of animal words like “bee” and “dog”
Alliteration Game
Have some fun with an alliteration game! It can be played individually or in groups.
Alliteration: It’s a Zany Zoo!
Your youngster will work on alliteration at a zany zoo!
Warm Up to Alliteration!
My sister grows gorgeos grapes! Alliterations are groups of words that are not only fun to say, but also fun to write. Here is a free worksheet for you to print out for students to complete. When they are done, see some silly sentences they created!
Adding Alliteration to Poetry
Let’s add some alliteration to poetry! Students fill in the blanks to finish the poems.
Alliteration in Literature and Rhetoric
Whether in lovely literature or rollicking rhetoric, alliterations are admirable!
Change the Lyrics: Alliteration in the Twelve Days of Christmas
Given is a list of items in the classic Christmas carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Seven of the days have an alliteration in the phrase. Change the items for the alliteration, but use an alliteration of the same letter.
Figurative Language: Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Bells”
This Poe poem has a variety of different figures of speech to analyze.
Figurative Language: What Is It?
This multiple choice worksheet asks your student to identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence or phrase.
Working with Figurative Language
In this worksheet your student will match up the figures of speech with the phrase or sentence.