How Writers Use Sound Effects (Introduction Mini-Lesson)

Can you say this tongue twister five times fast?

Sally sells seashells by the seashore

Did you know that a tongue twister is alliteration?

Alliteration = Same Sound Sentence

See if you can remember the example of alliteration used in this rap by Flocabulary.

False: You have to have every word in a sentence beginning with the same sound.

Truth: You can have some words without the same sound.

False: You have to use the same letter at the beginning of the words.

Truth: You can use a different letter if it produces the same sound.

• For example: Karter is crazy for ketchup!

The Setter Sweater Store

A Wacky Animal Tongue Twister

My setter has a sweater
from The Setter Sweater Store.
It's better than the sweater
that my setter had before.

Her sweater has a letter
in the center of the chest.
(The lettered setter sweaters
are what setters like the best.)

And if you ever met her
you could get to pet her sweater.
(You should pet a lettered sweater,
there's no setter sweater better!)

So if your pet's a setter
then I bet you'll pet her more
if you get her lettered sweaters
from The Setter Sweater Store.

--Kenn Nesbitt

Copyright © 2014 Kenn Nesbitt. All Rights Reserved.

• On a sheet of notebook paper, create five different examples demonstrating alliteration
• Find a partner to pair and share
• Select your favorite one
• Create a mini-poster with your selected example and illustrate
• Get a thumbs-up, from teacher, before you color