Rhyme Types

Monorhyme

​consecutive lines, stanzas, or entire poem has the same end rhyme

Couplet

​two-line stanzas (or two lines) that rhyme, rhymes as AA BB CC

Triplet

often repeats like a couplet but with 3 lines AAA BBB CCC

Enclosed Rhyme

1st and 4th lines and 2nd and 3rd lines rhyme

uses rhyme scheme of ABBA

Alternate Rhyme

ABAB rhyme scheme
Rhymes as ABAB CDCD EFEF

Limerick

5 line poem or stanzas with rhyme scheme AABBA

Match

Match the following

• monorhyme

• couplet

• enclosed rhyme

• alternate rhyme

• limerick

consecutive lines have same end rhyme

rhymes as AA BB CC

uses rhyme scheme of ABBA

ABAB rhyme scheme

rhyme scheme AABBA

• consecutive lines have same end rhyme

• rhymes as AA BB CC

• uses rhyme scheme of ABBA

• ABAB rhyme scheme

• rhyme scheme AABBA

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The sky is very sunny. (A)

The children are funny. (A)

Under the tree we sit, (B)

But just for a bit. (B)​

Select answer

Multiple Choice

The rhyme scheme is the

• units of stressed syllables at the end of the lines

• nonrhyming stanzas at the end of the lines

• measures of stressed and unstressed syllables at the end of the lines

• pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines

Multiple Choice

A humorous (funny) 5-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme.

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Ballad

• Ode

Multiple Choice

A group of lines in a poem

is called

• stanza

• paragraph

• line break

• form

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Using words with the same beginning sound to highlight key words, make a poem memorable, or create a feeling or mood

is called

• rhyme

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

Using words that have the same (or very similar) ending sound

is called

• rhyme

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

The use of

words that vividly describe a sound

(the word mimics the sound)

so that readers can clearly "hear" them

is called

• rhyme

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

A comparison of

two different things

using "like" or "as"

is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

A figure of speech that

offers an exaggerated

or extravagant statement

(that is not meant to be taken literally)

in order to highlight a point

is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

A figure of speech that

gives human-like characteristics

to an abstract idea

or non-human thing

is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

A direct comparison of two unlike things

that does NOT use like or as

(x=y)

is called

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.

• Allusion

• Free Verse

• Rhythm

• Enjambment

Multiple Choice

Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• metaphor

Multiple Choice

This line of poetry has an example of?

Then I made a hike, for I didn't like to hear him sizzle so;

• rhyme

• onomatopoeia

• Eye Rhyme

• Simile

Multiple Choice

the rhyming of two words at the end of two lines in a poem

• hyperbole
• end rhyme
• idiom
• repetition

Multiple Choice

In most traditional poetry, the rhyme is organized in patterns.

• Rhyme Scheme
• Meter
• Repetition
• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

My cat is nice.

My cat likes mice.

My cat is fat.

I like my cat.

What is the rhyme scheme?

• ABAB

• AABB

Multiple Choice

My cat is nice.

My cat is fat.

My cat likes mice.

I like my cat.

What is the rhyme scheme?

• ABAB

• AABB

Multiple Choice

Mr. Brown, the circus clown

puts his clothes on upside down.

He wears his hat upon his toes

and socks and shoes upon his nose.

What is the rhyme scheme?

• AABB

• ABAB

Multiple Choice

What is the rhyme scheme?

My penmanship is pretty bad.

My printing’s plainly awful.

In truth, my writing looks so sad

it ought to be unlawful.

• AABB

• ABAB

Multiple Choice

What is the rhyme scheme?

I started on my homework

but my pen ran out of ink.

My hamster ate my homework.

My computer’s on the blink.

• ABAB

• AABB

Multiple Choice

What is the rhyme scheme?

Today I had a rotten day.

As I was coming in from play

I accidentally stubbed my toes

and tripped and fell and whacked my nose.

• ABAB

• AABB

Multiple Choice

Which word rhymes with all three?
butterfly
shy
multiply

• bite
• eye
• ugly
• many

Multiple Choice

Which word does not rhyme with the following three?
kite
light
rewrite

• stoplight
• meteorite
• satellite
• sigh

Multiple Choice

When you wish upon a star,

makes no difference who you are,

anything you heart desires will come to you

• BAC

• AAA

• ABA

• AAB

Multiple Choice

What is a stanza?

• A grouping of lines that form a unit in a poem.

• Message or idea that an author has interpreted by the reader.

• A unit in poetry that consists of any words arranged in one row.

• A set of group of three lines of verse rhyming together or connected by rhyme.

Match

Match the following to complete the definition:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• personification

• Hyperbole

• Irony

comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".

comparison of two unlike things that share something in common without using "like" or "as".

when an idea or object is given human attributes and/or feelings.

overly exaggerated statement or claim.

contradictory statement or situations reveal a reality that is different of what appears to be true.

• comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as".

• comparison of two unlike things that share something in common without using "like" or "as".

• when an idea or object is given human attributes and/or feelings.

• overly exaggerated statement or claim.

• contradictory statement or situations reveal a reality that is different of what appears to be true.

Multiple Choice

How to analyze the rhyme scheme of a poem?

• Look to the last sound in each line.

• Look to the first sound in each line.

• Look for the same word in each line.

• Look at your friend's answer.

Multiple Choice

What is a limerick?

• A small lime that is only found on the Irish coast.

• a poem that tells a story; includes epics and ballads

• a songlike narrative poem, usually featuring rhyme, rhythm, and refrain; usually about love, betrayal, and/or death

• a five-line rhymed, rhythmic verse, usually humorous; set rhyme scheme of AABBA

Multiple Choice

Which of the following pairs of words rhyme?

• Banana and Apple

• Cry and Pie

• Baby and Lady

• Fast and Furious

Multiple Choice

Which couplet shows an AABB pattern

• There was a man,

  A tall, tall man

• Sam loved to eat

  Strawberry jam

• Among the rain

  and lights

• The sun is shining bright

  This is a lovely sight.

Multiple Choice

What is the rhyme scheme for this poem

• ABCD

• ABAB

• ABBA

• BABA

Multiple Choice

Rhyme scheme is the pattern of _______ that comes at the end of each line or stanza in poetry

• repeating

• rhyme scheme

• rhyming

• sounds

Multiple Choice

Rhyming words sound the same _______

• at the end of the word.

• at the beginning of the word.

• because they are the same.

• but mean different things.

Multiple Choice

True or False: Rhyming words sound the same AND look the same at the end.

• True, they look AND sound the same.

• False, they look the same, but they sound different.

• False, they sound the same, but they can look different.

Multiple Choice

Complete the rhyme scheme

• A

  B

• B

  A

• A

  A

• B

  B

Multiple Choice

Def: a single line of text in a poem

• line

• stanza

• rhyme scheme

• speaker

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Def: a group of lines in a poem

• stanza

• denotation

• speaker

• couplet

Multiple Choice

Def: a stanza with two lines

• couplet

• tercet

• quatrain

• octave

Multiple Choice

Def: a stanza with four lines

• quatrain

• cinquain

• octave

• tercet

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Def: when a word, phrase, or idea appears multiple times in a poem, such as in a refrain

• repetition

• imagery

• connotation

• internal rhyme

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Def: words at the ends of individual lines of poetry that rhyme

• end rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• near rhyme

• internal rhyme

Multiple Choice

Def: A predictable pattern of end rhyme that is carried throughout a poem

• end rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• near rhyme

• internal rhyme

Multiple Choice

Def: words that do not rhyme perfectly, but may share similar sounds, and are used in a rhyme scheme as though they rhyme.

• end rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• near rhyme

• internal rhyme

Multiple Choice

Def: words within a line or lines of poetry that share rhyme

• end rhyme

• rhyme scheme

• near rhyme

• internal rhyme

Multiple Choice

A repeated phrase, line, or group of lines

• Refrain

• Rhyme

• Stanza

• Couplet

Multiple Choice

What is the rhyme scheme:

The dog

sat on the log

but fell off

into the fog

• AABA

• ABAA

• AAAB

• BBAB

Multiple Choice

When rhyming words occur in the same line of poetry

• Internal Rhyme

• Couplet

• Rhyme

• Enjambment