Poetry Elements

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

is called

• rhyme

• rhythm

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Internal rhyme is

• When the words that rhyme are at the ends of the lines in the poem

• When the words ALMOST rhyme, but the rhyme is not perfect

• When the words that rhyme are INSIDE the same line

• When there is no rhyme at all

Near rhyme is

• When the words in the poem ALMOST rhyme, but not perfectly

• When the words at the ends of the lines rhyme

• When they words rhyme INSIDE the same line of the poem

• When there is no rhyme at all

End rhyme is

• When the words ALMOST rhyme, but the rhyme is not perfect

• When the words that rhyme are at the ends of the lines in the poem

• When the words that rhyme are inside the lines of the poem

• When there is no rhyme at all

Which word rhymes with these three words?

butterfly

shy

multiply

• bite

• eye

• ugly

• many

Which word does not rhyme with the following three words?

kite

light

rewrite

• stoplight

• meteorite

• satellite

• sigh

What is the best word to complete the poem?

Mary had a little poodle

All day long she ate a __________

• noodle

• lamb

• no clue

• llama

Which word rhymes with trick?

• lick

• glitch

• Mike

• crock

What is a rhyme scheme?

• The pattern of a rhyme in a poem.

• The same words being used twice.

What is the rhyme scheme?

• A B C D E F G
• AA BB CC DD
• A B C B A B C D
• A B A B C D C D