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Rhyming is a favored technique of [[poet]]s and playwrights. | Rhyming is a favored technique of [[poet]]s and playwrights. | ||
| − | Where words have the same vowel sound but different consonant sounds, | + | Where words have the same vowel sound but different consonant sounds, e.g. "space" and "flame", they are said to half-rhyme or assonate. |
Online dictionaries that provide words that rhyme with an inputted word are freely available.<ref>http://www.rhymer.com/</ref> | Online dictionaries that provide words that rhyme with an inputted word are freely available.<ref>http://www.rhymer.com/</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 16:44, August 16, 2016
To rhyme is to end in the same final vowel sound and consonant sound, if any, as another word. For example, "crown" rhymes with "frown".
Rhyming is a favored technique of poets and playwrights.
Where words have the same vowel sound but different consonant sounds, e.g. "space" and "flame", they are said to half-rhyme or assonate.
Online dictionaries that provide words that rhyme with an inputted word are freely available.[1]