1. Bright and smart have a positive connotation, while die and odor have negative connotations. 2. You can use a dictionary to determine unfamiliar words. You can find the word in the dictionary and see the definition. You can also find synonyms for that word, whether is is a noun, adjective, verb, or adverb, and ways to use it in a sentence.
It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme; lines designated with the same letter all rhyme with each other. So it would be AA,BB