Rhyme in Poetry

Which of the following pairs of words rhyme?

• Banana and Apple

• Cry and Pie

• Baby and Lady

• Fast and Furious

Which couplet shows an AABB pattern

• There was a man,

  A tall, tall man

• Sam loved to eat

  Strawberry jam

• Among the rain

  and lights

• The sun is shining bright

  This is a lovely sight.

What is the rhyme scheme for this poem

• ABCD

• ABAB

• ABBA

• BABA

Rhyme scheme is the pattern of _______ that comes at the end of each line or stanza in poetry

• repeating

• rhyme scheme

• rhyming

• sounds

Rhyming words sound the same _______

• at the end of the word.

• at the beginning of the word.

• because they are the same.

• but mean different things.

True or False: Rhyming words sound the same AND look the same at the end.

• True, they look AND sound the same.

• False, they look the same, but they sound different.

• False, they sound the same, but they can look different.

Rhyme scheme helps keep _______ and can make the poem fun.

• rhymes

• the poem going

• me awake

• rhythm

True or false: You can sometimes tell if a poem has rhythm just by looking at it

• False, you have to read it out loud

• True, if the lines are about the same length

• What is rhythm?

Complete the rhyme scheme

• A

  B

• B

  A

• A

  A

• B

  B

Complete the rhyme scheme

• A

  A

• A

  B

• B

  B

• B

  A