READ & RHYME
Loading Procedures
(1) Kickstart 1.2 is required. Insert Kickstart v1.2 into your Amiga's
disk drive and turn on your computer and monitor.
(2) When the computer asks for Workbench insert the Read & Rhyme program
disk. DO NOT INSERT THE WORKBENCH DISK AS THAT IS INCLUDED WITH THE READ &
RHYME PROGRAM DISK.
The program will boot automatically. The title, credit and Main Menu
screens will appear.
"THE DISK IS ACCESSED BY THE COMPUTER DURING ENTIRE USE OF THE PROGRAM. DO
NOT REMOVE IT FROM THE DRIVE WHILE THE PROGRAM IS BEING USED.
ALWAYS USE THE LEFT MOUSE BUTTON
Pressing the ESC key when the computer is waiting for an answer allows you
to escape from any of the modules back to the Main Menu.
The Main Menu
Use the mouse to move the arrow icon to indicate the program module of your
choice. The module selected will change in color from blue to deep pink.
Click the mouse button to continue. Please note that if the mouse button
is clicked before you select one of the four modules, control will be
returned to the desktop and you will have to reload Read & Rhyme by typing
rr when the 1 appears in the CLI environment.
Rhyming Rockets
Setting the Parameters
Use the mouse to move the arrow icon to the name option. Click the mouse
button, type in your name, and Press the RETURN KEY. If a name is not
entered, the program will default to "Player 1".
Next, select either level 1 or level 2 by moving the arrow icon to the
desired level and clicking. Your choice will be indicated by a pink color.
When the name and level are set, move the arrow icon to the OK Box and
click to proceed.
Playing Rhyming Rockets
The object of this module is to find which of the three words doesn't rhyme
with the other two. Choose the word that doesn't rhyme by moving the fire
appearing under the rocket to the rocket that points to the correct word.
You may use the mouse or the keyboard to move.
USING THE MOUSE - Move the arrow icon to the rocket pointing to the correct
word and click.
USING THE KEYBOARD - The spacebar will move the fire from rocket to rocket.
Press Return to select.
"NOTE: During each particular set of questions use either mouse or
keyboard. If your choice is correct the rocket will blast off. If your
choice is incorrect, a second try will be permitted. The fire must be
moved from the original incorrect answer to a different choice before play
can continue. The correct answer will then be displayed. Press a key to
continue. The score will be displayed after ten problems.
Flying Saucer
Setting the Parameters
Choose 1 or 2 players. Enter names and select levels as in the Rhyming
Rockets module.
Playing Flying Saucer
The object of Flying Saucer is to choose the word that best completes the
sentence appearing on the bottom of the screen. You may use the mouse or
keyboard to move. Click the mouse or press any key to continue after
"Which word completes the sentence?" is spoken.
USING THE MOUSE - Clicking the button will cause the flying saucer to move
from planet to planet. When the saucer appears on the planet containing
the correct word. Press the RETURN key.
USING THE KEYBOARD - Press the spacebar to move from planet to planet and
RETURN to register the answer.
If an answer is incorrect, the correct answer will be displayed. Press any
key or click the mouse to continue.
Alpha Blast
Setting the Parameters
Enter the name and select desired level as in the other modules. Level 1
contains 1st grade words while level 2 contains 2nd and 3rd grade words.
Playing Alpha Blast
The object of Alpha Blast is to alphabetize a list of ten words. The words
to be alphabetized appear on the left of the screen. You will be asked
which word comes first, second, third, etc. Use the mouse to move the
arrow icon to highlight the word of your choice and click the mouse to
register your answer. Once the list has been alphabetized correctly, the
rocket will blast off.
Rhyming Challenge
Setting the Parameters
Choose the number of players. Enter their names and desired levels as
explained before.
Special Options to Remember During Play
Pressing the Period Key (.) will permit a player to pass in a tw o-player
game.
Pressing Shift and ? simultaneously will let you choose which word you wish
to use as your main word.
Pressing the DEL key will permit the word the computer couldn't find in its
data base, to be counted as correct.
Pressing ESC will permit you to quit and return to the Main Menu when the
computer is waiting for an answer.
Playing Rhyming Challenge
The computer will challenge you to make a specific number of words that
rhyme with the word it chooses. If you wish to play with a different word
than the one originally chosen by the computer, press Shift and ?
simultaneously. You may do this repeatedly until you get the word with
which you wish to play.
You must type in the words you can think of that rhyme with the one
appearing on the bottom of the screen. Press RETURN after each word and
then any key to continue. The computer will permit the players as many
turns as the number of words that it has challenged you to make, after
which the score will be displayed.
"IMPORTANT NOTE" - The OVERRIDE OPTION - Occasionally, a word might be
counted as incorrect, when in fact it really does rhyme, due to an omission
in the computer's data base or different regional accents. Pressing the
DEL Key will result in the computer's counting the word as correct even
though it previously said the word was not in its data base.
READ & RHYME DATA
Rhyming Rockets
The words used for Rhyming Rockets include all three and four letter words
listed below in the Rhyming Challenge words.
Alpha Blast
Level 1 words are based on first grade curriculum and level 2 words are
based on second and third grade curriculums.
Rhyming Challenge.
Level 1 Words
Group 1:
splat.at,bat, brat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, tat, vat, chat,
flat, scat, slat, that.
Group 2:
ate, deflate, eight, freight, grate, inflate, krait, pate, plait, plate,
prate, sate, skate, slate, spate, straight, trait, bait, date, fate, gate,
gait, hate, late, mate, rate, wait.
Group 3:
bran, flan, pecan, span,.an, ban, can, clan, fan, man, pan, plan, ran,
scan, tan, than, van.
Group 4:
alphabet, bayonet, cigarette, debt, fret, regret, ret, stet, sweat, vet,
jet, bet, get, let, met, net, pet, set, wet, yet.
Group 5:
begun, dun, none, pun, shun, spun, stun, tun, bun, done, fun, gun, nun,
one, run, sun, ton, won.
Group 6:
allot, blot, clot, forgot, plot, squat, taut, watt, yacht,cot, dot, got,
hot, jot, knot, lot, not, plot, pot, rot, shot, slot, sot, spot, swat, tot,
trot.
Group 7:
belle, dell, dwell, expel, inpel, knell, quell, repel, shell, smell, spell,
swell, bell, cell, fell, sell, tell, well, yell, get.
Group 8:
bleed, breed, cede, creed, excede, freed, greed, knead, mead, meed, plead,
speed, steed, teed, tweed,, bead, deed, feed, heed lead, mead, need, read,
reed, seed, weed.
Group 9:
byte, flight, knight, light, might, night, quite, right, sight, smite,
spit, tight, trite, white, write, bite, cite, kite, mite, rite, site.
Group 10:
bop, chop, cop, crop, drop, flop, fop, hop, lop, mop, plop, pop, prop,
shop, slop, sop, stop, swap, top, whop.
Group 11:
blink, brink, chink, clink, dink, drink, fink, gink, shink, slink, stink,
think, ink, kink, link, mink, pink, rink, sink, wink, zinc.
Group 12:
kip, quip, scrip, strip, blip, chip, clip, dip, drip, flip, grip, gyp, hip,
lip, nip, pip, rip, ship, sip, slip, snip, tip, trip, whip, yip, zip.
Group 13:
bleet, cheat, cleat, fleet, greet, pleat, sheet, skeet, sleet, street,
suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat, beat, beef, eat, feat, feet, heat,
meat, meet, mete, neat, peat, seat.
Group 14:
been, bin, chin, din, fin, gin, grin, in, inn, kin, pin, shin, sin, skin,
spin, thin, tin, twin, win.
Group 15:
chill, drill, frill, grill, mil, nil, quill, rill, shill, skill, spill,
still, swill, trill, twill, bill, dill, fill, gill, hill, ill, kill, mill,
pill, sill, till, will.
Group 16:
dap, hap, pap, scrap, strap, cap, chap, clap, flap, gap, knap, lap, map,
nap, rap, sap, slap, snap, tap, trap, wrap, yap, zap.
Group 17:
blank, clank, crank, drank, flank, frank, plank, prank, shank, spank,
stank, thank, bank, dank, hand, rank, sank, tank, yank.
Group 18:
dram, flam, gam gram, jamb, lam, pram, scram, sham, tram, wham, am, cam,
clam, cram, dam, ham, jam, lamb, ram, slam, swam, tam, wham, yam.
Group 19:
bloat, dote, float, gloat, groat, mot, mote, quote, rote, shote, smote,
stoat, wrote, boat, coat, goat, moat, note, oat, tote, vote.
Group 20:
bitt, chit, flit, grit, rit, split, sprit, twit, whit, writ, zit, bit, fit,
hit, it, kit, knit, lit, mitt, nit, pit, quit, sit, slit, spit, wit.
Group 21:
afar, bazaar, caviar, char, czar, gar, par, spar, tsar, are, bar, car, far,
jar, mar, scar, star, tar.
Group 22:
bring, cling, ding, fling, ping, sling, spring, sting, swing, thing, ting,
zing, ming, bing, king, ring, sing, wing.
Group 23:
bough, brow, chow, dhow, dow, frau, frow, prow, row scow, thou, bow, cow,
how, now, ow, plow, sow, vow, wow.
Group 24:
bleak, chic, creak, creek, eke, freak, greek, leek, meek, peak, pique,
reek, shiek, sleek, sneak, speak, tweak, wreak, beak, leak, peed, seek,
teak, weak, week.
Group 25:
aisle, bile, build, isle, smile, stile, style, vile, while, wile, dial,
file, mile, pile, rile, tile, vial.
Group 26:
bass, brace, chase, grace, mace, place, space, trace, vase, ace, base,
case, face, lace, pace, race.
Group 27:
blown, clone, crone, drone, flown, groan, grown, hone, known, phone, pone,
prone, roan, shone, shown, stone, bone, cone, loan, lone, moan, mown, own,
sewn, sown, tone, zone.
Group 28:
bade, brad, cad, chad, forehead, plaid, shad, ad, add, bad, clad, dad ,
fad, gad, glad, had, lad, mad, pad, sad, tad.
Group 29:
afraid, blade, braid, cade, frayed, glade, grade, hayed, laid, layed,
shade, spade, staid, stayed, suede, trade, aid, bade, jade, laid, made,
maid, paid, raid.
Group 30:
crag, fag, jag, lag, mag, scrag, shag, slag, stag, swag, bag, brag, drag,
flag, gag, hag, nag, rag, sag, snag, tag, wag.
Group 31:
black, clack, crack, clack, knack, quack, shack, slack, snack, stack,
track, whack, wrack, back, hack, jack, lack, pack, rack, sac, sack, tac,
tack, yack, yak.
Group 32:
brave, crave, drave, grave, knave, nave, shave, slave, stave, wave.
Group 33:
bread, dread, shred, stead, zed, bed, bred, dead, fed, fled, head, lead,
led, red, read, said, shed, sled, sped, tred, wed.
Group 34:
breeze, fleas, flees, fress, freeze, knees, lees, please, seize, tease,
tees, these, trees, bees, ease, fees, keys, peas, seas, teas.
Group 35:
clear, queer, spear, steer, weir, beer, dear, deer, ear, fear, gear, hear,
here, jeer, leer, mere, near, peer, pier, rear, sear, tear, tier, veer,
year.
Level 2 Words
Group 1:
dine, fine, line, mine, nine, pine, sign, vine, wine, brine, decline,
define, shine, sine, spine, spline, stein, swine, thine, tine, trine,
twine, whine.
Group 2:
buff, cuff, huff, muff, puff, bluff, chuff, duff, enough, fluff, gruff,
rough, ruff, scuff, snuff, stuff, tough.
Group 3:
boot, cute, hoot, loot, lute, mute, root, suit, toot, brute, butte, chute,
coot, flute, fruit, moot, newt, route, scoot, shoot, snoot, toot.
Group 4:
bean, been, keen, lean, mean, seen, teen, wean, clean, dean, glean, green,
lein, mien, peen, preen, queen, scene, sheen, spleen.
Group 5:
bash, cash, dash, lash, mash, rash, sash, ash, brash, clash, crash, fash,
flash, gash, gnash, hash, pash, plash, slash, smash, stash, thrash, trash.
Group 6:
ache, bake, cake, fake, lake, make, rake, sake, take, wake, brake, break,
drake, flake, jake, quake, shake, slake, snake, stake, steak.
Group 7:
blur, burr, fir, fur, her, slur, spur, stir, were, cur, myrrh, per, purr,
shir, sir, whir.
Group 8:
awe, caw, draw, flaw, gnaw, jaw, law, paw, raw, saw, thaw, chaw, craw, daw,
slaw, straw, yaw.
Group 9:
cock, dock, hock, lock, mock, rock, sock, block,clock, crock, clock, flock,
frock, jock, knock, loch, pick, roc, shock, smock, stock, wok.
Group 10:
kick, lick, nick, pick, sick, tic, tick, wick, brick, chick, click, crick,
click, hick, prick, quick, rick, sic, slick, snick, stick, thick.
Group 11:
cope, hope, lope, mope, rope, soap, antelope, dope, elope, grope, nope,
ope, pope, scope, slope, taupe, telescope, tope, trope.
Group 12: deal, eel, feel, heal, heel, meal, peal, peel, real, reel, seal,
veal, appeal, conceal, creel, keel, kneel, reveal, speed, spiel, steal,
steel, teal, wheel, zeal.
Group 13:
folk, joke, oak, poke, soak, toke, woke, bloke, broke, choke, cloak, coak,
coke, croak, smoke, spoke, stoke, toque, yoke, yolk.
Group 14:
bowl, coal, goal, hole, mole, pole, poll, role, roll, sole, soul, to!ll,
bole, cole, dole, droll, foal, knoll, poll, shoal, stole, stroll, tole,
troll, vole, whole.
Group 15:
clod, cod, god, nod, pod, rod, shod, sod, trod, wad, baud, broad, fraud,
laud.
Group 16:
buys, dies, dyes, guys, lies, pies, rise, size, ties, wise, cries, dries,
eyes, flies, fries, guise, plies, pries, prize, sighs, skies, spies, sties,
tries.
Group 17:
bent, cent, dent, lent, rent, sent, tent, vent, went, assent, blent,
crescent, event, gent, invent, meant, pent, repent, resent, scent, spent.
Group 18:
bare, bear, care, dare fair, fare, hair, hare, heir, lair, mare, pair,
pare, pear, rare, tare, tear, ware, wear, air, blare, chair, flair, flare,
glare, scare, snare, spare, stair, stare, swear, their, there, where.
Group 19:
cain, cane, gain, lain, lane, main, mane, pain, pane, rain, rein, sane,
vain, vane, vein, wane, bane, brain, chain, crane, deign, drain, fain,
feighn, grain, plain, plane, reign, slain, spain, stain, swain, tain,
thane, train.