Unit 4

How Do Games Influence People?

Activity

Alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of a certain sound in a series of words.


For example, the phrase, the dog danced to disco music, shows alliteration of the d sound.


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Alliteration Rap by Justin Vaughn

Listen to this short song about alliteration to hear some more examples.


Find the section about alliteration on the Reader’s Notebook: Season’s Tickets page. Here, you will see three more examples of alliteration phrases using sports and games:

  • Crazy for cards
  • Goofy for golf
  • Frantic for football

Under these examples, you will see a list of other sports and games. Choose five of these sports or games, and write your own alliterative phrase using these words.


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How to save a file:

  1. Scan the document to your computer.
  2. Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
  3. Name your Reader’s Notebook: Season’s Tickets file in this format: jsmith_rnseasonstickets and save the file to your Documents folder.


Add any new words you found in this selection to your Vocabulary Chart.

Compare your responses with those in the Key by clicking here.