Alliteration

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Alliteration

• Reading Skills Practice

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Which is an example of alliteration?
A. The boy sang in the choir after school
everyday. B. Lucy licked her lemon lollipop late
last night. C. Franky was not well-behaved and he
got a spanky. D. When Julian left his bike
outside, it began to rust.
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Which is an example of alliteration?
A. Cranky Creola cried to Chris. B. The main
character of the story is Polly Pinky. C. The
duck got stuck in the muck. D. Hal ate eight
doughnuts for breakfast.
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Which is an example of alliteration?
A. Katie is a fish in the water. B. Leonard was
as sweet as candy to his younger
sister. C. Sammy sang songs to Sonny every
Sunday. D. Buzz, the bee flew from flower to
flower.
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Which is an example of alliteration?
A. The wind whooshed through the
trees. B. Richard is a pig when he eats. C. Gina
is as quiet as a mouse. D. Benny the baker bought
berries from BiLo.
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Which is an example of alliteration?
A. Tina took tuna to her teacher. B. Kevin was as
goofy as a clown. C. When he woke, Jareds hair
was a mop. D. The knight rode on his horse into
the dark night.
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Which is an example of alliteration?
A. Violet was as smart as Albert
Einstein. B. Hank has hot honey on his honey
buns. C. Ritas scarf blew around like a kite in
the wind. D. From his hotel window, Theodore
could see the sea.
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Which is an example of alliteration?
A. Dantravia was as beautiful as a
flower. B. When George brought in the groceries,
he dropped the flour on the flower. C. The
firewood fizzled in the fire at Furmans
house. D. Walters hands were ice during the
blizzard.
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Which is an example of alliteration?
A. Paul ate breakfast in his bedroom. B. The pool
water was as blue as the sky. C. The lighthouse
was a beacon in the night. D. The ballerinas
ballet shoes bent back and broke.