rhyme

Examples

• All

• Developing a sensitivity to rhyme is an important step toward understanding the complexities of phonemic awareness.

  Academic text (2012)

• We focus on the identical rhyme scheme, the iambic pentameter, and the "turn" at line nine.

  Fiction book (1999)

• So there is some rhyme and reason behind these weird names.

• And the poems should have the following rhyme scheme:

  Angel Wars: Grace and Glory (2006)

• The story is written in rhyme and continues to emphasize the theme: "Be happy with who you are."

  Academic text (2008)

• In his latest poem, the rhyme adds a musical quality to the verses.

• The children's song featured a simple rhyme that everyone could sing along to.

• She explained the importance of rhyme in creating rhythm and flow in poetry.

Synonyms

R

rime

vsrhyme

• Archaic

2 8.2

The same ending sounds in two or more lines of a poem

is the modern or standard spelling for that same end-sound correspondence

Idioms

R

rhyme or reason

• Informal

10 6.6

Having no clear reason or order

W

without rhyme or reason

• Informal

1 6.8

In a random way with no clear reason

H

he who said the rhyme did the crime

• Informal

9.9

Saying a rhyme to blame someone shows you are the guilty person

Compounds

N

nursery rhyme

• Literature

15 1.3

A short traditional song or poem for young children

I

internal rhyme

• Literature

1 7.3

A pair of words in the same line of a poem that end with the same sound

P

perfect rhyme

• Literature

1 4.8

The vowel sound and the sound after it at the ends of lines match exactly

D

double rhyme

• Literature

1 7.5

A rhyme where the last two syllables of each word sound the same

V

vowel rhyme

• Literature

1 7.1

A repetition of similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables, as in day and say

E

eye rhyme

• Literature

1 8.9

Words that look similar in writing but sound different

M

masculine rhyme

• Literature

1 8.4

A rhyme where the last syllable has the main stressed vowel sound

H

head rhyme

• Literature

1 8.6

The same first sound at the start of important words in a line of poetry

C

consonant rhyme

• Literature

1 7.6

A repeat of consonant sounds at the ends of words to make lines sound similar

I

initial rhyme

• Literature

1 7.4

Repeating the same consonant sound at the start of each stressed syllable in a line of verse

B

beginning rhyme

• Literature

1 6.0

Repetition of the same sound at the start of stressed words or syllables in a line of verse

R

rhyme royal

• Literature

1 9.9

A group of seven lines in a poem with the rhyme pattern ababbcc

R

rhyme off

• Informal

9.3

A contest where people make rhymes aloud

How Exact

perfect rhyme

• Literature

1 4.8

rhyme

8 1.4

consonance

• Literature

1 7.7

assonance

• Literature

1 8.8

Surface Forms

Etymology