Is it Alliteration? worksheet - Free Printable

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What is Alliteration?

Alliteration is a literary device where the same beginning sound (not necessarily the same letter) is repeated in a group of words. For example, in "A beaver believes in busy bees," the 'b' sound is repeated at the start of several words — *beaver*, *believes*, *busy*, and *bees*. That’s alliteration.

We are to look for repeated initial sounds in each sentence and write Y for yes or N for no.

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Now let’s go through each sentence:

1. A farmer collects eggs.
- Words: farmer, collects, eggs → No repeated initial sounds.
→ N

2. Susan sells sandwiches at the store.
- Susan, sells, sandwiches → All start with 's' sound.
→ Y

3. Carlos creates creamy cauliflower soup.
- Carlos, creates, creamy, cauliflower → All start with 'c' sound.
→ Y

4. Ed likes to play basketball.
- Ed, likes, play, basketball → No repeated initial sounds.
→ N

5. Penny plays with puppies in the pen.
- Penny, plays, puppies, pen → All start with 'p' sound.
→ Y

6. Ben blows bubbles in a big brook.
- Ben, blows, bubbles, big, brook → All start with 'b' sound.
→ Y

7. Grandma grows a green garden.
- Grandma, grows, green, garden → All start with 'g' sound.
→ Y

8. Maria practices her violin.
- Maria, practices, her, violin → No repeated initial sounds.
→ N

9. A funny ferret is furry.
- Funny, ferret, furry → All start with 'f' sound.
→ Y

10. Fanny found a fish in the forest.
- Fanny, found, fish, forest → All start with 'f' sound.
→ Y

11. Sam likes to eat cake.
- Sam, likes, eat, cake → No repeated initial sounds.
→ N

12. Blue balloons blow away.
- Blue, balloons, blow → All start with 'b' sound.
→ Y

13. I see a friend.
- I, see, friend → No repeated initial sounds.
→ N

14. Katie flew a big kite in the sky.
- Katie, flew, big, kite, sky → Only kite and sky have 'k', but not repeated consistently.
- Wait: Katie, kite, sky – only k in Katie and kite, but sky starts with 's'.
- "Flew", "big" – different sounds.
→ N

15. Matt made a muffin out of mud.
- Matt, made, muffin, mud → All start with 'm' sound.
→ Y

16. Sam sees a sunny slide.
- Sam, sees, sunny, slide → Sam, sees, sunny → all start with 's' sound.
→ Y

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Final Answers:

1. N
2. Y
3. Y
4. N
5. Y
6. Y
7. Y
8. N
9. Y
10. Y
11. N
12. Y
13. N
14. N
15. Y
16. Y

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✔ Answer Key:
```
1. N
2. Y
3. Y
4. N
5. Y
6. Y
7. Y
8. N
9. Y
10. Y
11. N
12. Y
13. N
14. N
15. Y
16. Y
```