poetry 1: rhyme, alliteration, rhythm

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What is rhyme?

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Rhyme is when two or more words have the same ending sound, like 'cat' and 'hat'.

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What is alliteration?

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Alliteration is when words in a sentence start with the same sound, like 'Snoopy sniffs something'.

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What is rhythm?

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Rhythm is the pattern of sounds and beats in music or poetry.

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Can you give an example of rhyme?

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An example of rhyme is 'blue, stew, grew'.

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Can you give an example of alliteration?

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An example of alliteration is 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'.

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What do you do to create rhythm?

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You can clap your hands or tap your feet to create rhythm.

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Which instrument usually provides the rhythm in a band?

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The drums usually provide the rhythm in a band.

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What is a couplet?

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A couplet is two lines of poetry that rhyme.

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What is a stanza?

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A stanza is a group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in a story.

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What is a verse?

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A verse is a single line of poetry.