Rhyme & Rhythm

What is rhyme?

• A group of lines in a poem

• A type of meter in poetry

• When the ending of two words sounds the same

• A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

How is a rhyme scheme determined?

• By the first word in a line

• By the number of syllables in a word

• By the last word in a line

• By the middle word in a line

What does an iamb consist of?

• 1 unstressed and 1 stressed syllable

• 2 unstressed syllables

• 1 stressed and 1 unstressed syllable

• 2 stressed syllables

What type of rhyme scheme is ABCBBB?

• Alternate Rhyme

• Monorhyme

• Closed/internal rhyme

• None of the above

What is an example of a feminine rhyme?

• A multi-syllable rhyme where stressed and unstressed syllables rhyme

• A rhyme between the final stressed syllables of two lines

• Words that rhyme in the middle of lines

• Words that are not identical but are similar

What is free verse?

• A poem that only uses internal rhymes

• A poem written in iambic pentameter

• A poem that does not follow a rhyme scheme or pattern of meter

• A poem that follows a strict rhyme scheme

What is a limerick?

• A poem that does not rhyme

• A poem made of tercets that use a chain rhyme

• A five-line poem with an AABB rhyme scheme

• A poem with one rhyme throughout each line

What is an anapest?

• 3 syllables, 2 stressed and 1 unstressed

• 2 syllables, both unstressed

• 3 syllables, 2 unstressed and 1 stressed

• 2 syllables, both stressed

What is a half-rhyme?

• A rhyme formed by words that are not identical but are similar

• A rhyme between the final words on two lines of poetry

• A rhyme that shares the same number of syllables and the same assonance

• A rhyme that appears in the middle of lines

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem by Robert Frost provided in the text?

• ABBA

• ABAB CDCD

• ABAB

• AABB