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Find the rhymes.


An end rhyme rhyme or rime, the most prominent of the literary artifices used in versification. Although it was used in ancient East Asian poetry, rhyme was practically unknown to the ancient Greeks and Romans.  poem has words that rhyme at the end of the lines. Below is an end rhyme poem. After reading the poem, complete the rhyming rhyme also rime  
n.
1. Correspondence of terminal sounds of words or of lines of verse.

2.
a. A poem or verse having a regular correspondence of sounds, especially at the ends of lines.

b.
 activity below.
   Wild Windy Day

   The wind is something no one sees.
   It grows and blows and bends the trees.
   It moans and groans a scary sound
   And spins the weather vanes around.
   It pushes clouds and tousles hair.
   It swirls the leaves up in the air.
   Then finally it blows away
   Until the next wild windy day.


--Carol Quinn Quinn or O'Quinn is a surname of Irish origin. It comes from the original Irish name Ó Cuinn, ie descendants of Conn. It means wisdom or chief.  

Read the words in each row below. Circle the two words that rhyme with the word in the box.

1. [trees] knees bee please

2. [spring] drink bring sing

3. [play] clay dry gray

4. [sunny] honey funny silly

5. [smile] snail snail, name commonly used for a gastropod mollusk with a shell. Included in the thousands of species are terrestrial, freshwater, and marine forms. Some eat both plant and animal matter; others eat only one type of food.  pile pile, post of timber, steel, or concrete used to support a structure. Vertical piles, or bearing piles, the most common form, are generally needed for the foundations of bridges, docks, piers, and buildings. Slender tree trunks, roughly trimmed and about 10 in. (25.  mile

TRY THIS! On a separate piece of paper, complete these activities:

1. Make a list of 10 words that rhyme with the word day.

2. Write an end rhyme poem with four lines.
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Title Annotation:DEVELOPING PHONEMIC AWARENESS
Publication:Weekly Reader, Edition 1 (including Science Spin)
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Date:Mar 1, 2008
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