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Understanding Alliteration

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Theme:	"Alison's Zinnea" and Figurative Language
Grades:	3 - 5
Subject:	Reading and Language Arts
Duration:	2-3 class periods (2-3 hours)
Standards & Goals:	1.3. Reading, Analyzing and Interpreting Literature 1.3.3. GRADE 3 C. Identify literary devices in stories (e.g., rhyme, rhythm, personification). 1.3.5. GRADE 5 C. Describe how the author uses literary devices to convey meaning. Sound techniques (e.g., rhyme, rhythm, meter, alliteration). Figurative language (e.g., personification, simile, metaphor, hyperbole)
Objectives:	Students will identify examples of alliteration from the book Alison's Zinnea by Anita Lobel. Students will create original alliterative stories after reading and discussing the book.

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Understanding Alliteration

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