Rhyme is a literary device where words share similar sounds, particularly in their stressed syllables and vowel sounds.
For example:
* cat, hat, mat, sat all rhyme because they have the same vowel sound and ending consonant sound.
* bright, light, night all rhyme because they have the same vowel sound and ending consonant sound.
There are different types of rhymes, including:
* Perfect rhyme: The words have identical vowel sounds and ending consonant sounds (e.g., "cat" and "hat").
* Near rhyme (or slant rhyme): The words have similar but not identical vowel sounds and ending consonant sounds (e.g., "cat" and "cot").
* Eye rhyme: The words are spelled similarly but have different vowel sounds (e.g., "love" and "move").