Rhyme Schemes and Usage

What is the rhyme scheme?

• A B C D E F G
• AA BB CC DD
• A B C B A B C D
• A B A B C D C D

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the rhyme scheme?

• A B A B C D A D
• No rhyme scheme
• A A B B C C
•  LMNOP

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is rhyme scheme?

• I don't know. 
• Don't care. 
• Don't like poetry.
• The pattern of the rhyme in a poem. 

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CCSS.RL.7.4

Which word rhymes with all three?

butterfly

shy

multiply

• sky
• supply
• fly
• guy

Which word does not rhyme with the following three?

kite

light

rewrite

• write

• spotlight

• sight

• bright

How many lines are in this stanza from "The Cloud"?

I bring fresh _______________ for the thirsting flowers,

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

Of the following pairs of words, which one is NOT an example of INTERNAL RHYME found in the poem?

• showers/flowers

• under/thunder

• shaken/waken

• flail/hail

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which type of RHYME is used to determine the RHYME SCHEME?

Read the stanza again. Then, draw a picture showing who/what the SPEAKER in the poem is (from whose point of view is it told?).