1. Vocabulary: Types of Rhymes Creative Writing Benjamin Way 1/28/14

2. Overview  Perfect rhyme  Approximate rhyme  Eye rhyme  Identical rhyme  Rich rhyme  Consonant rhyme  Assonant rhyme

3. Perfect Rhyme  Also known as “full rhyme” & “true rhyme”  Perfect rhymes are between words that sound exactly the same except for the first letter.  E.g. “Boat,” “moat,” & “goat” Or “Generate” and “venerate”

4. Approximate Rhyme  A.K.A. slant, imperfect, off, half, near, oblique  These are words that sound very similar, but not quite the same.  E.g. Slant, lance Rind, pint Tire, prayer  These should be avoided if possible, but are acceptable if used sparingly.

5. Eye Rhyme  This refers to words that look like they should rhyme, but are pronounced differently.  E.g. good, food move, love, dove

6. Identical Rhyme  This is when a word is used to rhyme with itself.  E.g. lazy, lazy  If you ask me, this isn’t really a rhyme at all, unless the word has two or more meanings: “I looked at the data, what does it mean? Half the class scored below the mean They did so poorly I treated them mean”

7. Rich Rhyme  A word that rhymes with its homonym  Words are homonyms if they sound the same but are spelled differently  E.g. Flu, flew Guessed, guest

8. Consonant Rhyme  This is when the consonant sounds are the same but the vowel sounds are different.  E.g. Limp, lump group, grope

9. Assonant Rhyme  The reverse of consonant rhyme. This is when the vowel sounds match but the consonant sounds don’t.  E.g. Dip, trim  I want you to avoid assonant and consonant rhyme, but I’m teaching you the word so you know what to avoid.

10. Review  Perfect rhyme  Approximate rhyme  Eye rhyme  Identical rhyme  Rich rhyme  Consonant rhyme  Assonant rhyme