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which best explains why poets may worry about cliché in their rhymes?

a. rhyming in general is an outdated technique in poetry.

b. most rhymed poetry is for children and naïve readers.

c. some rhymes are used so often they begin to seem predictable.

d. the imagery associated with rhyme is unsurprising.

Explanation:

A cliché refers to an overused phrase or element that loses originality and becomes predictable. Poets avoid rhyming clichés because overused rhymes feel uncreative and fail to engage readers, which matches the description in option C. Options A, B, and D are incorrect: rhyming is not an outdated technique, rhymed poetry is not only for children/naive readers, and rhyme itself does not inherently have unsurprising imagery.

Answer:

C. Some rhymes are used so often they begin to seem predictable.