RHYME
ENGLISH LANGUAGE S.S.S2 THIRD TERM
WEEK EIGHT
THEME: SPEECH WORK
RHYME
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE
Students should be able to;
- Explain rhymes
- Give examples of rhymes
CONTENT
Definition of Rhyme
Rhyme is a popular literary device in which the repetition of the same or similar sounds occurs in two or more words, usually at the end of lines in poems or songs. In a rhyme in English, the vowel sounds in the stressed syllables are matching, while the preceding consonant sound does not match. The consonants after the stressed syllables must match as well. For example, the words “gaining” and “straining” are rhyming words in English because they start with different consonant sounds, but the first stressed vowel is identical, as is the rest of the word.
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