Poetry and Rhyme Scheme

TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR

HOW I WONDER WHAT YOU ARE

UP ABOVE THE WORLD SO HIGH

LIKE A DIAMOND IN THE SKY!!!!

• THE RHYME SCHEME IS....A-B-A-B

• THE RHYME SCHEME IS....A-A-A-B

• THE RHYME SCHEME IS....A-A-B-B

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

• repeating

• rhyme scheme

• rhyming

• sounds

What is the rhyme scheme of these lines from a poem?

• ABC

• ABB

• ABA

When you wish upon a star,

makes no difference who you are,

anything you heart desires will come to you

• BAC

• AAA

• ABA

• AAB

Which poem matches the rhyme scheme ABBA

• I stubbed my toe

  It hurts a whole bunch

  I wish I had handfuls

  Of pizza to munch

• Roses are red

  Violets are blue

  Wait, they're blue?

  Shouldn't they be violet?

• I just saw a cow

  He wore bright green pants

  And did a fun dance

  My one thought was "Wow"

The moon is washing windows,

Dancing off the glass,

Resting on the praying trees

And painting the sleeping grass.

• ABAB

• ABCB

• AABB

• ABCA

The fallen leaves are cornflakes

That fills the lawn's wide dish,

And night and noon

The wind's a spoon

That stirs them with a swish

• ABABC

• ABCAB

• ABBCA

• ABCCB

Which of the following pairs of words rhyme?

• Banana and Apple

• Cry and Pie

• Baby and Lady

• Fast and Furious

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.