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Rhyming is a favored technique of [[poet]]s and playwrights. | Rhyming is a favored technique of [[poet]]s and playwrights. | ||
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| + | Where words have the same vowel sound but different consonant sounds, eg "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> | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *Rhyme scheme | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Revision as of 20:58, September 26, 2008
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, eg "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]
See also
- Rhyme scheme