Rhyme Scheme Practice
A Grade 5 ELA worksheet focusing on identifying and creating rhyme schemes in poetry.
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Rhyme Scheme Practice
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Read each poem carefully. Identify the rhyme scheme by labeling the end of each line with a letter (A, B, C, etc.). Then, answer the questions that follow.
I had a little turtle,
I kept him in a box.
He swam in the water,
He climbed on the rocks.
1. The rhyme scheme of the poem above is .
2. Which words rhyme in the first two lines?
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
3. The rhyme scheme of the poem above is .
4. What kind of rhyme scheme does 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' primarily use?
AABBCC
ABABAB
AABBAA
ABCBDB
5. Write a four-line poem about your favorite animal. Make sure it has an AABB rhyme scheme.
6. Write a four-line poem about the weather. Try to use an ABAB rhyme scheme.