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Alliteration Examples for Kids

What is alliteration? Alliteration is when the same sound is repeated at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase. It makes language fun, catchy, and easier to remember!

Alliteration is used in poems, tongue twisters, brand names, and even food names!

Alliteration Examples

1.Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
Type: Consonance | Sound: S
Meaning: The 's' sound is repeated.
Example: Sally sells seashells by the seashore every summer.
2.Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Type: Consonance | Sound: P
Meaning: The 'p' sound is repeated.
Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers for his picnic.
3.Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear.
Type: Consonance | Sound: F/W
Meaning: The 'f' and 'w' sounds are repeated.
Example: Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.
4.How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Type: Consonance | Sound: W
Meaning: The 'w' sound is repeated.
Example: How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
5.Nine nimble noblemen nibbling nuts.
Type: Consonance | Sound: N
Meaning: The 'n' sound is repeated.
Example: Nine nimble noblemen nibbling nuts at noon.
6.Love learning loads.
Type: Consonance | Sound: L
Meaning: The 'l' sound is repeated.
Example: Love learning loads of new things!
7.Fan of fabulous, fun form-fitting?
Type: Consonance | Sound: F
Meaning: The 'f' sound is repeated.
Example: Fan of fabulous, fun form-fitting clothes?
8.Eat emu!
Type: Assonance | Sound: E
Meaning: The 'e' vowel sound is repeated.
Example: Eat emu every evening!
9.Alliteration is maybe your game.
Type: Assonance | Sound: A
Meaning: The 'a' vowel sound is repeated.
Example: Alliteration is maybe your game after all.
10.Ingenious iguanas improvising an intricate impromptu.
Type: Assonance | Sound: I
Meaning: The 'i' vowel sound is repeated.
Example: Ingenious iguanas improvising an intricate impromptu on instruments.
11.Chomp cheese, children.
Type: Consonance | Sound: Ch
Meaning: The 'ch' sound is repeated.
Example: Chomp cheese, children, cheerfully!
12.Danny likes to eat apples.
Type: Assonance | Sound: A
Meaning: The 'a' vowel sound is repeated.
Example: Danny likes to eat apples and apricots.
13.Quizzical Quiz, kiss me quick.
Type: Consonance | Sound: Q/K
Meaning: The 'k' sound is repeated (spelled with q and k).
Example: Quizzical Quiz, kiss me quick!
14.Best Buy, Coca Cola, Dunkin Donuts.
Type: Consonance | Sound: B/C/D
Meaning: Brand names with repeated initial sounds.
Example: Best Buy, Coca Cola, and Dunkin Donuts are alliterative brands.
15.Lemon loaves, pepperoni pizza, cheddar cheese.
Type: Consonance | Sound: L/P/Ch
Meaning: Food names with repeated initial sounds.
Example: Lemon loaves, pepperoni pizza, and cheddar cheese are tasty alliterations.

Tips for Spotting Alliteration

  • Listen for the same sound at the start of words (not just the same letter).
  • Alliteration can use different letters that make the same sound (like C, K, and Q).
  • Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds; consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds.
  • Alliteration is often used in tongue twisters, poems, and brand names.

Famous Tongue Twisters & Brand Examples

  • "She sells seashells by the seashore."
  • "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
  • "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"
  • Best Buy, Coca Cola, Dunkin Donuts
  • Lemon loaves, pepperoni pizza, cheddar cheese

Quiz: What Sound is Alliterated?

Can you spot the alliterated sound in these phrases?

  1. Silly snakes slither silently.
  2. Amazing apples are awesome.
  3. Bobby baked big blueberry bagels.
  4. Eager eagles eat early.
Show Answers
  • Q1: S
  • Q2: A
  • Q3: B
  • Q4: E

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