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Vocabulary

1 Alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words
occurring together in a sentence, especially in poetry. For example,

y Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled

peppers, where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

y Three grey geese in a green field grazing. Grey were the geese and green was
the grazing.

y Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said, this butter’s bitter; if I put it in
my batter, it will make my batter bitter, but a bit of better butter will make my
batter better.

Find six examples of alliteration in brand names or in the names of famous people.
For example,

y Mickey Mouse

y Donald Duck

y Ronald Reagan

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