Children's Literature Spring 2010

Literary Elements & Definitions

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Alliteration and Structure

Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a word or inside a word.
 
Alliteration Examples
  • Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers
  • She sells sea-shells down by the sea shore
  • Hannah's home has heat hopefully
  • Isaacs ice cream is interesting and isaac is ibibing it

Alliteration can be found in

  • Tongue Twisters
  • Poems
  • Books
  • Song lyrics
  • and sometimes in stores and brand names

Structure is the framework of a work of literature; the organization or over all design of work.
 
  • The structure of a play may fall into logical divisions and also a mechanical division of acts and scenes.
  • Groups of stories may be set in larger structure of frame
  • Poetry structures have a set of rhyming patterns, meter, grammar and imagery