What‘s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.

William Shakespeare (1563–1616)
English poet and playwright

Alliteration means using the same starting letter of words as a rhetorical tool. Here, we use alliterative epithets together with participants’ names, e.g. Ali the Attractive, Laila the Lunatic, or Jim the Jealous.

Alliteration - Stand in the circle and throw the ball to those who didn't have it yet.
Stand in the circle and throw the ball to those who didn’t have it yet.

Objective of Alliteration

Familiarisation with participants’ names.

Alliteration - Speeding up by putting some pressure on the group can lead to more failures and more fun, too.
Speeding up by putting some pressure on the group can lead to more failures and more fun, too.

Resources

A ball.

Time

5 mins.

Task

Everybody who receives the ball has to think of an alliterative epithet to add to his or her own name. The next person to receive the ball repeats the previous name plus an alliterative epithet, and then adds his name and an alliterative epithet. This process continues with each member of the group. The last person will have to remember a long list of names.

You can repeat the list several times and attempt to do it faster.

Phase

Alliteration is a short, concise exercise for early on in the day. As it’s about remembering names it’s recommended as a starter game. However, you can play it any time.

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