18. UNIQUE: CREATIVE WRITING: Crafting Your Own Alliteration LANG

Abdullah Williams November 25, 2022

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Section B of the language papers rewards you for skilfully ‘crafting’ linguistic devices.

In this lesson, you will practise ‘crafting’ alliteration.

There are many ways to create alliteration.

Read the examples and follow the instructions afterwards.

DEFINITION
- Repetition of similar SOUNDS (not letters) close to each other, especially at the beginning of words
EFFECTS
- Draws our attention to the meanings of the words used.
- Reflects the sound of the scene.
- Creates a sense of rhythm.

“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes;
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.” – William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
“…grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square… a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules… flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square…” – Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” – Martin Luther King, I Have a Dream
“Smart speakers, as well as their speechwriters, sprinkle their speeches with carefully-chosen power words…” – Jon Morrow
Polish Your Post So It’s Smoother Than a Slip ‘n Slide – Anonymous
‘While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping’ – Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
‘Burning bright,’ and ‘frame thy fearful symmetry,’ William Blake, Tyger
‘The fair breeze blow, the white foam flew / The furrow followed free,’ Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Rime of the Ancient Mariner
’wind wielded blade-light’ – Ted Hughes, Wind
‘No warmth could warm, nor wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he’ – Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
‘when the wind tore up whirlwinds of water.’ – Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus
‘Double, double toil and trouble
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
In the cauldron boil and bake.’ – William Shakespeare, Macbeth
‘The ululation rose behind him and spread along, a series of short sharp cries, the sighting call. ‘ – William Golding, Lord of the Flies
‘Napoleon stood sternly surveying his audience; then he uttered a highpitched whimper’ – George Orwell, Animal Farm

Open your scrap writing document.
Write a minimum of 3 alliterations or your own.
Remember to write the unit and lesson number in your scrap writing document.

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adjectives	prepositions	nouns	verbs
Towering, bronze, white, fiery, impenetrable, shadowy, treacherous, frozen, slippery, ancient, forgotten, deafening, smooth, roaring, thorny, prickly, razor-sharp, wrinkled, soft, jagged, deadly, vicious, elephantine, new, modern, torn, dazzling, sleek, smooth, painful, fragile, tangled	By, of, in, outside, inside, through, around, beside	Snowflakes, carpet, darkness, fire, waterfalls, streams, blanket, valleys, arches, mist, ice, snow, leaves, earth, feet, graffiti, factories, love, hate, barbed wire, anger, village, city, houses, cars, talons, ocean, wall, atmosphere, proportions, appetite, peace, brilliance, belief, granite, silence, beauty, hope, greed, pride, misogyny, loyalty, justice, fear, corruption, carbon fibre, mind, stomach, hands, fists, knees, misery, grief, pain, despair, tears, sobs, failure, pressure, mind	Knotted, tangled, thundered, erupted, shimmered, sculpted, hidden, surrounded, split, swallowed, plummeted, veered, wound, sprawled, overlooked, shielded, crowded, shuffled, grabbed, curved, swung, spat, slammed, filled, devoured, forged, shivered, shuddered, thrashed, hobbled, buckled, slumped, welled, poured, spilled

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18. UNIQUE: CREATIVE WRITING: Crafting Your Own Alliteration LANG

Abdullah Williams November 25, 2022

Section B of the language papers rewards you for skilfully ‘crafting’ linguistic devices.

In this lesson, you will practise ‘crafting’ alliteration.

There are many ways to create alliteration.

Read the examples and follow the instructions afterwards.