Editing Rhyme (section)

===General rhymes===
In the general sense, ''general rhyme'' can refer to various kinds of phonetic similarity between words, and the use of such similar-sounding words in organizing verse. Rhymes in this general sense are classified according to the degree and manner of the phonetic similarity:

* '''[[syllable rhyme|syllabic]]:''' a rhyme in which the last syllable of each word sounds the same but does not necessarily contain stressed vowels. (''cleaver'', ''silver'', or ''pitter'', ''patter''; the final syllable of the words ''bottle'' and ''fiddle'' is {{IPA|/l/}}, a [[liquid consonant]].)
* '''imperfect (or near):''' a rhyme between a stressed and an unstressed syllable. (''wing'', ''caring'')
* '''weak (or unaccented):''' a rhyme between two sets of one or more unstressed syllables. (''hammer'', ''carpenter'')
* '''semirhyme:''' a rhyme with an extra syllable on one word. (''bend'', ''ending'')
* '''forced (or oblique):''' a rhyme with an imperfect match in sound. (''green'', ''fiend''; ''one'', ''thumb'')
* '''[[assonance]]:''' matching vowels. (''sh'''a'''ke'', ''h'''a'''te'') Assonance is sometimes referred to as slant rhymes, along with consonance.
* '''[[literary consonance|consonance]]:''' matching consonants. ('''''r'''a'''b'''ie'''s''', '''r'''o'''bb'''er'''s''''')
*'''[[half rhyme]]''' (or '''slant rhyme'''): matching final consonants. (''ha'''nd ''', le'''nd''''')
* '''[[pararhyme]]:''' all consonants match. (''tick'', ''tock'')
* '''[[alliteration]]''' (or '''head rhyme'''): matching initial consonants. ('''''sh'''ip'', '''''sh'''ort'')