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Purdue University Owl: Sound & Rhyme

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This lesson discusses the use of sound in poetry, mainly focusing on the use of rhyme. Various kinds of rhyme are defined (rhyme scheme, perfect rhyme, forced rhyme, slant rhyme, masculine rhyme, feminine rhyme, visual rhyme, and internal rhyme), along with "Other Matters of Sound" (assonance, consonance, and alliteration).

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Concepts
alliteration, assonance, consonance, poetry, rhyming
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Additional Tags
feminine rhyme, internal rhyme, masculine rhyme, near rhyme, perfect rhyme, rhyme patterns, rhyming patterns, slant rhyme, writing poetry, online writing lab, purdue owl, forced rhyme, rhyme, rhyme scheme, visual rhyme
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)