Identifying and Using Rhyme Schemes

What is rhyme?

• the repetition of sounds at the end of a word to create rhythm

• using a sound, word, or phrase repeatedly to create rhythm

• the musical quality created in writing to make the writing sound like a song

What is rhyme scheme?

• I don't know.

• The rhythm of a poem.

• Words within the same line of a poem that rhyme.

• The pattern of the rhyme; based on the sounds of the end words in each line.

Instead of a paragraph, in poetry we call the groups of lines

• stanzas

• sections

• lines

• rhymes

If a poem has the rhyme scheme that is labeled

A, B, C, D, E, F

what does that mean?

• It is not a poem.

• The reader labeled it wrong.

• It is a 6 line poem that does not rhyme.

Which word rhymes with all three?
butterfly
shy
multiply

• bite
• eye
• ugly
• many

Which word does NOT rhyme with the following three?

kite

light

rewrite

• stoplight

• meteorite

• satellite

• sigh

Which word correctly completes the rhyme in this poem?

Mary had a little poodle

All day long she ate a __________

• noodle

• lamb

• cuddle

• llama

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

What is the rhyme scheme?

• A B A B C D A D
• No rhyme scheme
• A A B B C C
•  LMNOP

Rhyme scheme?

• A B C D

• A B A B A B A

• A A B B C C

• There is no rhyme scheme