Rhyme Verse

Match the following poems with their definitions:

• Organized into stanzas or verses and follows a struct rhyme scheme.

• Limerick

• No rhyme or rhythm. Free to express what the author is thinking or feeling.

• Haiku

• Short 5 lined poem with a strict rhyme scheme. Tells a funny & unexpected story.

• Free Verse

• 3 lines. 5-7-5 syllable pattern. Does not rhyme. Usually about nature or seasons.

• Rhymed Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

Identical or similar sounds at the end of lines

• line

• speaker

• rhyme

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

The pattern of rhymes in a poem. For example: AABB, ABAB, ABCD, or ABBA pattern.

• rhyme scheme

• repetition

• lyric

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

a humorous poem that is three long and two short lines that rhyme in the AABBA pattern.

• Limerick

• Ballad

• Free Verse

• Couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

a two line poem and the last word of each line rhymes; usually the lines have the same number of syllables.

• Limerick

• Couplet

• Haiku

• Free Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

a four line poem that can have a variety of rhyme schemes.

• Limerick

• Haiku

• Quatrain

• Couplet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

to end with the same sound

• rhyme

• free verse

• limerick

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The words cat and bat ___________ because they end in the same sound.

• rhyme

• alliteration

• limerick

• free verse

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a funny poem of five lines with a specific rhyme pattern

• free verse

• rhyme

• alliteration

• limerick

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following is a characteristic of rhymed verse?

• It has no specific rhyme scheme

• It follows a specific rhyme scheme

• It is written in prose form

• It is always humorous

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4