Sound Patterns

Question 1

Full rhyme

Answer 1

When two rhyming words begin with a different consonant sound, then have the same vowel sound, and end with the same consonant sound (eg. night/delight).

Question 2

Rhyme patterns

Answer 2

Such as continuous (aaaa bbbb), rhyming couplets (aa bb cc), alternating rhyme (abab cdcd) help to divide a poem into sections.

Question 3

Alliteration

Answer 3

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a sequence of words. Links words and their meanings, mimics sounds.

Question 4

Onomatopoeia

Answer 4

When the sound of a word when spoken imitates the sound to which it refers.