Rhyme Scheme Practice
A third-grade worksheet to practice identifying and creating simple rhyme schemes in poetry.
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Rhyme Scheme Practice
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Read each poem carefully. Identify the rhyme scheme by writing the correct letter (A, B, C, etc.) at the end of each line. Then, answer the questions.
Poem 1
The cat sat on the mat
He saw a big, fat rat
The rat ran under the chair
And hid from the cat there
1. What is the rhyme scheme of Poem 1?
Poem 2
The sun is bright and yellow
It shines on every fellow
The sky is blue and vast
The clouds go floating past
2. What is the rhyme scheme of Poem 2?
3. A rhyme scheme uses letters to show the pattern of words in a poem.
4. If two lines rhyme, they get the letter.
5. Write two lines that rhyme with each other:
6. Write two lines that do NOT rhyme with each other:
7. All poems must have a rhyme scheme.
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False
8. An AABB rhyme scheme means the first two lines rhyme and the next two lines rhyme.
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False