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EXERCISE
1 C ircle the sentence with the stronger verb and the better rhythm in each pair.
a. I took a bath.
I jumped into the tub.
b. Her beauty stole my heart.
She was pretty, and I liked her.
c. He threw the ball very hard.
He hurled the ball with all his might.
2 L ook at the lines below. Add a second line to each, using one rhyming
word on the right.
a. I took a trip to France. dance
chance pants
cry sigh why
b. She watched her flower die.
dark bark
shark
c. The kids play in the park.
3 R ewrite each sentence to make a rhyming couplet. Replace A couplet is
made of two
the underlined words with synonyms to make them rhyme. lines in a poem
that rhyme.
a. I went to the store b. I took the train
and bought some pop. to get out of the weather.
Unit 4. LITERATURE ✷ 87
1 C ircle the sentence with the stronger verb and the better rhythm in each pair.
a. I took a bath.
I jumped into the tub.
b. Her beauty stole my heart.
She was pretty, and I liked her.
c. He threw the ball very hard.
He hurled the ball with all his might.
2 L ook at the lines below. Add a second line to each, using one rhyming
word on the right.
a. I took a trip to France. dance
chance pants
cry sigh why
b. She watched her flower die.
dark bark
shark
c. The kids play in the park.
3 R ewrite each sentence to make a rhyming couplet. Replace A couplet is
made of two
the underlined words with synonyms to make them rhyme. lines in a poem
that rhyme.
a. I went to the store b. I took the train
and bought some pop. to get out of the weather.
Unit 4. LITERATURE ✷ 87
