1. Rhyme & Rhyme Scheme

2. Rhyme Rhyming words have the same end sound
Ex. ball and fall; share and care; glad and bad
Keep in mind that rhyme depends on sound, not on spelling
Here and There do not rhyme but have similar spelling
Here and Fear do rhyme

3. Rhyming Pairs Tough Dough Stood Pair Blue Weighed Toe Here Spite Smile
Rearrange this list of words into rhyming pairs:
Tough
Dough
Stood
Pair
Blue
Weighed
Toe
Here
Spite
Smile
Enough
Should
Mare
Through
Said
Dear
Aisle
Bread
Made
Pearl
Die
Fly
Twirl
Plight

4. Rhyme Scheme
A rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem or in lyrics for music. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme.

5. Rhyme Scheme
For example "abab" indicates a four-line stanza in which the first and third lines rhyme, as do the second and fourth.
Bid me to weep, and I will weep,
While I have eyes to see;
And having none, yet I will keep
A heart to weep for thee.

6. Label the Rhyme Scheme
Murmuring how she loved me -- she Too weak, for all her heart's endeavour, To set its struggling passion free From pride, and vainer ties dissever, And give herself to me for ever.
Rhyme Scheme: a b a b b
Cinquain

7. Label the Rhyme Scheme I THINK that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth's flowing breast;
Rhyme Scheme: a a b b
Couplets

8. Label the Rhyme Scheme There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
But his daughter, named Nan,
Ran away with a man
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.
Rhyme Scheme: a a b b a
Limerick

9. Limericks
A limerick is a five-line poem written with one couplet and one triplet.
If a couplet is a two-line rhymed poem, then a triplet would be a three-line rhymed poem.
The rhyme pattern is a a b b a with lines 1, 2 and 5 containing 3 beats and rhyming, and lines 3 and 4 having two beats and rhyming.

10. Limericks
Some people say that the limerick was invented by soldiers returning from France to the Irish town of Limerick in the 1700's.
Limericks are meant to be funny.
The last line of a good limerick contains the PUNCH LINE or "heart of the joke."

11. Complete this Limerick
There once was a pauper named Meg
Who accidentally broke her _______.
She slipped on the ______.
Not once, but thrice
Take no pity on her, I __________.

12. Writing Limericks
Make a list of 5 – 6 places you have visited or lived (cities, provinces/states, countries, etc.)
Choose 2 places that are easiest to rhyme.
Brainstorm at least 3 words that rhyme with that word
Beijing: bring, fling, king, Ming, opening, ring, sing, sling, sting, thing…

13. Writing a Limerick
Using the templates below, write a limerick by filling in your words.
You must use past tense.
There once was a ______________ from __________________.
All the while s/he hoped _______________________________.
So s/he _______________________________.
And _________________________________.
That ___________________ from ________________________.