Rhyme and Rhyme Scheme Quiz

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1. Question
What is rhyme in poetry?
- The arrangement of syllables.
- The correspondence of sound between two or more words.
- The arrangement of literary devices.
- The correspondence between the number of lines in stanzas.
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Rhyme is concerned with words the poet uses.
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What is the rhyme scheme in a poem?
- A pattern of rhyming words at the ends of lines of poetic verse.
- The arrangement of syllables within lines.
- The use of repetition at the beginning of lines.
- Pauses in the middle of lines of poetry.
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The rhyme scheme is concerned with the poem as a whole.
Question 3 of 10

3. Question
Which of the following is NOT a reason poets use rhyme?
- Creates a structure
- Creates unity
- Because all poems rhyme
- Convey a tone or mood
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Consider, what elements does a poem need to make it a poem?
Question 4 of 10

4. Question
Which of the following rhyme schemes belongs to a sonnet?
- AAABBBCCCDDDEEFF
- ABABABCDCDCD
- ABCABCDEDEDEF
- ABABCDCDEFEFGG
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There are two common types of sonnets. Shakespearean and Petrarchan.
Question 5 of 10

5. Question
Which of the following rhyme schemes is an alternate rhyme?
- ABABAB
- AAABBB
- ABCABC
- AAABBB
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Consider the definition of alternate.
Question 6 of 10

6. Question
What is the rhyme scheme of the following lines from ‘Trees’ by Joyce Kilmer:

I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast.
- AAAB
- ABBA
- AABB
- AAAA
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Try annotating and keeping track of which words rhyme.
Question 7 of 10

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What is an internal rhyme?
- Rhymes that appear at the end of lines.
- A rhyme that occurs within the lines of a poem rather than at the end.
- Rhymes that appear at the beginning of lines.
- A rhyme that is used more than once in a poem.
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What does internal mean?
Question 8 of 10

8. Question
What is the definition of a masculine rhyme?
- A rhyme between the final stressed syllables of two lines.
- Words that look like they’re going to rhyme but don’t when they’re spoken or read.
- Rhymes that occur between the final words on two lines of poetry.
- Rhymes that appear in the middle of lines rather than at the end of lines.
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Masculine rhymes help to emphasize words at the end of lines.
Question 9 of 10

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What is an eye rhyme?
- Words that look like they're going to rhyme and do rhyme.
- Words that share the same consonant sounds.
- Words that look like they’re going to rhyme but don’t when they’re spoken or read.
- Words that share the same assonant sounds.
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Consider how words rhyme.
Question 10 of 10

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What does it mean when a poet writes in free verse?
- It means they use a specific rhyme scheme and metrical pattern.
- It means they aren't using a specific rhyme scheme or metrical pattern.
- It means they don't care how their poem sounds.
- It means their poem has no examples of rhyme in it at all.
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Consider the limitations of free verse.

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