Alliteration Worksheet PDF

How can I use this Alliteration Worksheet?

Use this Alliteration Worksheet with your learners to make your literacy lessons fun and engaging!

Our alliteration worksheet uses themes from the story 'The Owl that Was Afraid of The Dark' by Jill Thomlinson and gives students the opportunity to use their understanding of alliteration to describe a beautiful illustration of the Owl.

This alliteration activity is a fun way to teach alliteration to kids as they can come up with their own examples to describes Plop. Plop is described as having “knackety knees”, which is a great example of alliteration. 

This is a wonderful story to engage your students in learning vital reading and writing skills. For more resources, check out this Resource Pack to Support Teaching on The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark. And for more information go to our What is Alliteration? Wiki Page. 

How are our Alliteration Worksheets helpful?

Here at Twinkl, we have created a range of fantastic alliteration worksheets and resources to help you teach your class all about alliteration. 

Alongside this wonderful resource about The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, engage children in some amazing alliteration (see what I did there?) with this Alliteration Worksheet for Kids. Challenge your learners to describe different buildings people may live in using alliteration. This would also be a perfect activity to link to a Houses and Homes topic! 

Or, why not try our Don't Hog the Hedge Alliteration PowerPoint? This is a colourful presentation exploring alliteration with our Twinkl Original Story ‘Don’t Hog the Hedge’. With this resource, children are encouraged to think up their own alliterative phrases. How many can they think of?

Give your class more opportunities to create their own alliteration using our At the Zoo Alliteration PowerPoint. This consolidates their knowledge and understanding of this literary concept and helps children apply it to real life situations. Challenge them to include some alliteration in their writing too! This resource can be used a great plenary to your literacy lesson to find out what the children have learnt and what they still need to work on.

Try these Alliteration B Word cards, they have pictures of things beginning with the letter 'b' printed on them. 

Looking for more alliteration activities? Have a look at this Alliteration Picture Cards Activity Sheets that kids can use to raise their inner poets.

What is alliteration and why use it?

Alliteration is when the first sound or letter for each word in a series of words is the same. Our great alliteration activity is a brilliant way to build knowledge and confidence in alliteration.

A well-known example of alliteration is: 'She sells seashells by the sea-shore.'

They're not just tongue twisters, another example is: 'Becky's beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy.' The same consonant sound is repeated.

Using our alliteration worksheets teaches children how to:

• draw attention to certain words
• focus the reader's attention
• add a splash of colour to their writing
• incorporate rhythm into a sentence or phrase
• create a mood
• conjure up a certain image in the reader's mind, e.g. 'the sneaky snake slithered past'