Rhyme Scheme Practice

Yes or no: The following example has rhyming couplets. There was a young man Who lived in Shanghai. He played kick the can As the cars drove by.

NO!

Quatrain

A four line stanza is also called a(n):

Sonnet

A fourteen line poem with a set rhyme scheme.

Stanza

A group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem.

Allusion

A reference made to something well known (a person, place, historical event, etc.)

Allegroy

A story in which the characters and events are symbols of real life.

Repetition

A technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated.

What is the rhyme scheme? Mr. Brown the circus clown puts his clothes on upside down. He wears his hat upon his toes and socks and shoes upon his nose.

AABB

What is the rhyme scheme? My penmanship is pretty bad. My printing's plainly awful. In truth, my writing looks so sad It ought to be unlawful.

ABAB

What is the rhyme scheme? Out my window I can see All the cars drive by. My, I'm up so high I see the top of that tree!

ABBA

What is the rhyme scheme? My cat is gray. My cat is fat. My cat is cute. I like your hat!

ABCB

Symbolism

Using an object to represent a bigger (sometimes abstract) idea:

ABAB

What is the rhyme scheme in the following: The people along the sand All turn and look one way. They turn their back on the land. They look at the sea all day.

ABAB CCDD

What is the rhyme scheme in the following: The people along the sand All turn and look one way. They turn their back on the land. They look at the sea all day. As long as it takes to pass A ship keeps raising its hull; The wetter ground like glass Reflects a standing gull.

AABB

What is the rhyme scheme in the following: Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.

Rhyme

When two or more words have the same ending sound:

1

How many stanzas are in the following poem: Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.

2

Identify the number of stanzas in the following poem: The people along the sand All turn and look one way. They turn their back on the land. They look at the sea all day. As long as it takes to pass A ship keeps raising its hull; The wetter ground like glass Reflects a standing gull.

Stanza

Several lines grouped together in a poem:

Couplet

The last two lines of a sonnet are called a(n):

Yes or no: The following example has rhyming couplets. I won't go to school today. I'm not getting out of bed, no way! I feel just plain rotten. My ears are stuffed with cotton.

YES!

Onomatopoeia

the formation of a word by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent. Examples: cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom,

alliteration

the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables. Example: Shelly sells seashells by the seashore.