Rhyme and Rhythm

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📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice & Features

1. What is rhyme?

Words that have the same ending sound (e.g., cat / hat)

Words that mean the same thing

Words that are the same length

2. Read the two lines. Which two words rhyme?

"I saw a bird fly high. / Its wings cut through the sky."

bird / wings

high / sky

saw / cut

3. Which sentence shows alliteration (same sound at the start of several words)?

Big brown bear bounced

The rain fell softly

She ate an apple

4. Check all that apply: Which features help create a poem's rhythm?

Repetition of words or phrases

Using only long words

A steady beat or pattern of stresses

Rhyme at the ends of lines

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Create

5. Read this short poem. Write the rhyming words from lines 1 & 2, and lines 3 & 4.

The coastal kite flew high,
It danced and touched the sky.
Children played along the shore,
Their laughter filled the floor.

Lines 1 & 2 rhyming words:

Lines 3 & 4 rhyming words:

6. Find the steady beat. Read and tap or clap the line below. Draw a dot under each stressed word.

"The cat sat on the mat."

7. Create two rhyming lines about an animal. First write two possible rhyming words you could use, then write your lines.

Two rhyming words:

Line 1:

Line 2 (should rhyme with Line 1):

8. Peer feedback (write one thing you liked and one polite suggestion to make rhythm or rhyme stronger):

Liked:

Suggestion:

Rhyme and Rhythm

Rhyme and Rhythm

📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice & Features

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Create

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