Rhyming

​Rhyming is when a word rhymes with another word. A word rhymes with another word when the end of both words have the same sound. The spelling can be different but they should make the same sound!

​For example, the words

​line,

time,

and mine

all rhyme!

​These words all make

the /i/ sound!

​Rhyming can be really fun! Do you have a favorite song? Do you have a favorite poem?

Songs can have rhyming in it!

This is a verse from Let It Go from Frozen!

​THE SNOW GLOWS WHITE

ON THE MOUNTAIN TONIGHT

NOT A FOOTPRINT TO BE SEEN

A KINGDOM OF ISOLATION

AND IT LOOKS LIKE I'M THE QUEEN

​This is called a line.

The red words rhyme!

Songs use rhyming words

to make a good rhythm!

​Poems are like stories, but they have different ways of telling them. Sometimes, they are not only stories, but opinions and ideas. Many cultures from around the world have different ways of writing poems. Poems can be funny, sad, happy, scary, and more! Some poems rhyme, and some don't!

​This is a stanza!

​Poems have different rhyming patterns!

This poem's rhyming pattern is a-a-b-b.

An a-a-b-b rhyming pattern is like this:

...spring -a a rhymes with a and b rhymes

...anything-a with b!

...around-b

...ground-b

​Poems can have other rhyming patterns too!

... time - a This is and a-b-a-b rhyming

... bring - b pattern.

... line - a

... sing - b