Rhyming Couplets

1. Rhyming Couplets _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 1) A Rhyming Couplet is a two line poem where the last word of each line Rhyme with one another. Example: You love fun dip and cherry coke. I like the way you laugh when I tell a joke. Both coke and joke rhyme, therefor, this would be a rhyming couplet. Write some of your own Rhyming Couplets! (bonus points for using and identifying some of the literary devices we learnt) 2) _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 3) _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 4) _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ 5) _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________

2. Just to match with them alligator shoesHe's a rich man so he's no longer singing the bluesHe's singing songs about material thingsAnd platinum rings and watches that go bling Quatrains 1) _____________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Quatrains are similar to rhyming couplets, but are a four line poem. The difference with a quatrain is that not all 4 lines need to rhyme with one another and the rhyme scheme can change from poem to poem. Example: Write some of your own Rhyming Couplets! (bonus points for using and identifying some of the literary devices we learnt) 2) _____________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3)