Rhythm and Rhyme

Which of the following are examples of rhyme?

• blocks , locks

• fridge, cat

• pat, scratch

What does rhyme mean?

• having the same ending sound

• a pattern of the beats, like music

Two words that have the same ending sound are called...

• rhythm words

• repetitive words

• rhyming words

• stanza words

What is rhythm?

• to use words to tell about something

• a pattern of the beats, like music

a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, gives a line of poetry a predictable ___________________, or pattern of beats.

• Graphic Elements

• Rhyme

• Rhythm

• meter

Rhythm gives poetry a ____ quality.

• Musical

• Old-fashioned

• Important

• Difficult

Words that end in the same sound; end rhyme

• rhyme

• rhythm

• repetition

• meter

Which of the following lines from a poem best illustrates the use of rhyme?

• A) The sun is bright, the sky is blue

• B) The cat sat on the mat

• C) The wind whispers through the trees

• D) The river flows gently

What is the primary purpose of rhyme in poetry?

• A) To create a musical quality

• B) To confuse the reader

• C) To make the poem longer

• D) To add more words

Identify the pair of words that rhyme.

• A) Light, Night

• B) Book, Table

• C) Chair, Floor

• D) Sun, Moon