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When words are similar in sound especially with respect to the last syllable what they said have?

When words are similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable, they are said to have rhyme.

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").

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