1. Poetry To be Awesome

2. Rhyme Scheme The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem or song. Identification: Always completed in a ABCD structure. You do not begin again for each stanza.

3. Rhyme Scheme Softly and sadly Up on the knoll; The vesper bell Begins to toll. Lock all the doors Blow out the light; The hour is late Sleep comes with the night.

4. Perfect Rhyme Perfect: The words rhyme perfectly: the ending consonant is the same and the ending vowel is the same. Bean/green Sky/High Skylight/Highlight

5. Slant Rhyme Slant: The ending consonant is the same, but the vowel is different shape/keep moon/run hold/bald

6. Eye Rhyme Eye: Words that look like they should rhyme, but they are pronounced differently. have/grave (the vowel is different) dove/move (the “o” is different)

7. Assonance When two or more words close to each other repeat the same vowel sound, but have a different beginning consonant sound. “Men sell the wedding bells.” “A host of golden daffodils.”

8. Consonance Repetitive sounds produced by constants within a sentence or phrase. “One hazy morn amid the dew I strolled along the shore And chanced upon a wondrous sight - I stood and stared in awe.”

9. Alliteration The repetition of the beginning sounds of words. “The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea.”

10. SAR What theme does the author of “A Song: ‘Men of England’” try to convey? Use evidence from the text to explain your answer.