Types of Rhymes
Rhyme scheming
Rhyme Type Examples
Types of Rhymes Continued
Bonus
100

When the later part of the word or phrase is identical in sound to another. The vowel and consonant sounds match exactly.

What is a perfect rhyme?

100

The time is out of joint, O cursed spite

That ever I was born to set it right!

What is AA?

100

The cat

had a hat.

What is an example of perfect rhyme?

100

End Rhyme

What is a type of rhyme where words at the ends of separate lines rhyme?

100

A function of rhyming that makes a poem pleasing to the ear

What is enchanting musical quality?

200

A type of rhyme in which two words look like they should rhyme due to their spelling but do not rhyme when pronounced.

What is an eye rhyme?

200

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day

Thou art more lovely and more temperate

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May

And summer’s lease hath all too short a date

What is ABAB?

200

The criminal was lawful

but awful. (Not perfect rhyme)

What is an example of double rhyme?



200

Eye Rhyme

Eye RhymeWhat is a type of rhyme where words look like they should rhyme but do not



200

Rhyming makes these words more memorable

What are key words?

300

A type of rhyme where a one syllable word or section rhymes with another word



What is a single rhyme?

300

True wit of nature to advantage dressed

What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed

Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find

 That gives us back the image of our mind

What is AABB?

300

 Bend/Send, Bright/Light (Not perfect rhyme)

What is an example of single rhyme?

300

Internal Rhyme

What is a type of rhyme where words within a line rhyme?

300

A technique to build up anticipation and surprise with rhyming

What is unexpected rhymes?
400

A type of rhyme where two words sound alike but not the same.

What is a slant/near rhyme?

400

For her this rhyme is penned, whose luminous eyes,

Brightly expressive as the twins of Leda,

Shall find her own sweet name, that nestling lies

Upon the page, enwrapped from every reader.



What is ABAC?

400

I went to town to buy a gown. (Not perfect rhyme)

What is an example of internal rhyme?

400

Near rhyme

What is a type of rhyme where two words sound alike but not the same

400

Rhyming connects stanzas and helps with the _____ of the poem

What is flow?

500

A type of rhyme where 2 syllables rhyme

What is Feminine/double rhyme?

500

Who will believe my verse in time to come

If it were filled with your most high deserts?

Though yet heaven knows it is but as a tomb

Which hides your life, and shows not half your parts:



What is ABCD?

500

Heart/Hurt

What is an example of a near rhyme?

500

Feminine rhyme

What is a type of rhyme where 2 syllables rhyme?

500

Rhyming contributes to the mood of a poem and guides the ____ impact

What is emotional?

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