Alliteration

Your book, Poorvi, has the poem 'The Raven and the Fox' on pages 13 and 14. On page 17 it shows you a sound pattern called alliteration.

In stanza 1, the Raven holds food in his 'big beak'. The words 'big' and 'beak' sit side by side, and both begin with the same /b/ sound. When two or more words close together begin with the same consonant sound, it is called alliteration.

Your book asks you to find another example in stanza 2. There, the Fox says the birds of these 'woods would' call the Raven King. 'Woods' and 'would' are side by side, and both begin with the same /w/ sound. That is alliteration too.

You have met alliteration before in your book: the tongue twister on page 9, 'Bunty bhaiya bought a big bunch of bananas', is full of /b/ sounds. Alliteration makes words fun to say and easy to remember.

To check, say the words aloud and listen to the FIRST sound of each word. If the words are close together and start with the same consonant sound, it is alliteration.