Developing Rhyme Progressions
To increase your rhyme progressions try this exercise.
Exercise: Pick five simple words that don’t rhyme. Example:
1. Cat
2. Show
3. Line
4. See
5. Paper
Now look up four rhymes for each of these five words using a rhyme dictionary. You should now have a total of 25 words. This process should take you no longer than a couple minutes. Example:
• Cat: Bat, Hat, Mat, Sat
• Show: Flow, Blow, Toe, Pro
• Line: Mine, Shine, Pine, Sign
• See: Me, He, She We
• Paper: Caper, Taper, Draper, Vapor
Now, use these words as your rhymes to freestyle for one minute. Be sure to time it. The purpose is to memorize these rhymes so you never have to think about them again. Do this exercise whenever you are freestyling or in the middle of a session. If you practice five times a day, you are adding 25 rhyme progressions to memory for a total of 125 words each day. While practicing five times a day may sound like a lot, it really isn’t.