Rhyme Scheme Practice

A grouped set of lines in a poem, like a paragraph is called _______.

• a stanza
• a verse
• a refrain
• lyrics

What is the rhyme scheme for the poem “Dreams”?

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

• AABB
• ABAB
• ABCB

What is the rhyme scheme for these lines from “If”?
If you can dream---and not make dreams your master;
 If you can think---and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;

• AABB
• ABAB
• ABCB
• ABBA

Which of the following lines from “Dreams” contains an example of alliteration?

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

• "Hold fast to dreams”
• “For if dreams die”
• For when dreams go”
  
• “Life is a barren field”

Which of the following lines from contains onomatopoeia?

• He ran to the kitchen
  
• She slept through dinner
  
• Her heels clacked on the floor
• He dropped the napkin
  

The lines of “Dreams” are short,  have alliteration and the poem uses a specific rhyming pattern. What effect does this have on the poem?

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

• The poem reads quickly, which helps show  how easy it is to hold onto your dreams if you really try.
  
• The poems reads quickly, which helps  show how easily dreams can get away from you if you don’t hold onto them
• The poem reads slowly, which shows how life drags by without dreams.
  
• The poem reads slowly, which shows how life without dreams is not worthwhile.
  

what is Rhyme Scheme

• a pattern of rhymes at the end of each line
• a type of lizard 
• usually written in an elevated style and often expresses deep feeling.
• images of the natural world.
  

What is an example of Rhyme Scheme 

• Roses are red violates are blue
•  i went to the mall and got new covers 
• I love pie and so does my friend 
• I saw a little frog, he was cuter than can be, he was sitting on a log and I', sure he croaked at me 

true or false
which is an example of a rhyme scheme  

• I do not like them in a house
  I do not like them with a mouse
• But we will always be connected
  By the three years of middle school
  

Identify the rhyme scheme.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them Sam I am.
I do not like them in a boat.
I do not like them with a goat.
I do not like them in a house.
I do not like them with a mouse.

• ABCABC
• ABABCC
• AABBCC
• ABABAB