Rhyme in Poetry

Which is the best definition of rhyme?

• A style of poetry that is not considered literary

• A specific way of using imagery and detail

• Effects that occur mainly in lyric poetry

• The repetition of sounds in two or more words

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Which word pair gives an example of the most common type of rhyme?

• Give, receive

• Preen, fawn

• Sorry, worry

• Grail, pale

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Which of these qualities best describes an effect of rhyme in poetry?

• Imagery

• Philosophy

• Dissonance

• Harmony

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What is end rhyme?

• Rhyming words that have an extra syllable at their ends

• Rhyming words that rhyme on an unstressed syllable

• Rhyming words that come last in lines of poetry

• Rhyming words that come first in lines of poetry

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What is a rhyme scheme?

• Rhymes used in a repeating pattern

• Rhymes used in new and original ways

• Rhymes that do not fulfill their intentions

• Rhymes that surprise the reader

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Which is the best definition of internal rhyme?

• Rhyme that repeats consonants but not vowels

• Rhyme that occurs in places other than the ends of lines

• Rhyming on the unstressed syllable of a word

• Rhymes in the way words are spelled but not spoken

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Which pair of words gives the best example of a slant rhyme?

• Spring, bring

• Bet, brush

• First, call

• Perch, latch

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Which is an example of a perfect rhyme on a multisyllabic word?

• Laughter, after

• Intention, relation

• Portico, vertical

• Capsize, riptide

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