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Sound Devices and Figurative Language - Alliteration - Print - Fiction Resources
**K-2**

  
 * //Big Chickens,// by Leslie Helakoski. 9780525475750 A terrific resource for alliteration - "dirty, dusty, drippy, dazed, daring chickens" strut their way home," and humorous read aloud about four pluck chickens. Also listed for onomatopoeia.
 * // Clara Caterpillar, // by Pamela Duncan Edwards. 9780525475750 A terrific resource for alliteration - "dirty, dusty, drippy, dazed, daring chickens" strut their way home," and humorous read aloud about four pluck chickens. Also listed for onomatopoeia.
 * // Come On, Rain, // by Karen Hesse. 0-590-33125-6 . A picture book describing a drought, provides many examples of alliteration: "parched plants," and senseless, sizzling heat" are two examples.
 * // Some Smug Slug, by Pamela Duncan Edwards. 0-06-024789-4 ////Filled with s word alliterations. //


 * //The Worrywarts,// by Pamela Duncan Edwards 0-06-028150-2 Filled with w word alliterations- 3 friends, Wombat, Weasel and Woodchuck, travel the world.


 * 3-5**
 * //100 Days and 99 Nights,// by Alan Madison. 9780316113540. A chapter book read aloud with several examples of figurative language, including alliteration: "my soft stuffed Aardvark, Alvin."
 * //Big Chickens,// by Leslie Helakoski. 9780525475750 A terrific resource for alliteration - "dirty, dusty, drippy, dazed, daring chickens" strut their way home," and humorous read aloud about four pluck chickens. Also listed for onomatopoeia.


 * //Clara Caterpillar, //<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> by Pamela Duncan Edwards. 9780064436915. A picture book that describes the metamorphosis of a caterpillar to a butterfly, with ample descriptive alliterations: "Clara is comfortable staying inside her chrysalis, even though Cornelius and a crowd of caterpillars cluster around curious as to why she's so cautious."

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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Dinorella,// by Pamela Duncan Edwards. 9780786803095 A Cinderella Variant, filled with alliteration: "Dinorella was dainty and dependable. Dora and Doris were dreadful to Dinorella." Her lot improves at a party hosted by Duke Dudley, "the most dashing dinosaur in the dunes."
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">//Z Was Zapped// //: A Play in Twenty-Six Acts,// by Chris Van Allsburg. 9780395446126. An alphabet book best suited for older students with alliterative descriptions of the letters of the alphabet, such as "s was simply soaked."


 * 6-8**


 * //[|"The Dance of the Thirteen Skeltons"]// by Jack Prelutsky This poem alliterates the letters "C" and "B" among other letters. It also shows examples of onomatapoeia.


 * //Alligators All Around// by Maurice Sendak, Publisher - Harper Trophy, ISBN# 0-06-443254-8 This picture book is an excellent read aloud to teach alliteration.

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