Practice Limericks

How many stanzas do Limericks have?

• 5

• 2

• 1

• 10

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CCSS.RL.3.1

What is Limericks rhyme scheme?

• AABBB

• ABABA

• AABBA

• ABAAB

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CCSS.RL.3.1

How many lines does a Limerick need?

• 7

• 5

• 10

• 4

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.5

What day do you hear Limericks?

• St. Patricks Day

• Valentines Day

• Christmas Day

• Birthday

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

What type of humor do Limericks have?

• Sad

• Music

• Funny/silly

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.3.1

What type of figurative language to Limericks OFTEN have? Hint: Two right answers.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.L.3.5A

Limericks don't have syllables.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.3.1

Limericks are sorrowful.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.4

The beginning words rhyme in a Limerick.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.3.1

Which of the following are Limericks?

• There was an old man in a tree,

  Who was horribly bored by a bee;

  When they said, “Does it buzz?”

  He replied, “Yes, it does

  It’s a regular brute of a bee!”

• My homework is late.

  My dog ate it this morning.

  I sure like my dog.

• “It was many and many a year ago,

  In a kingdom by the sea,

  That a maiden there lived whom you may know

  By the name of Annabel Lee;

  And this maiden she lived with no other thought

  Than to love and be loved by me.”

• Once upon a time I went to a beach.

  At that beach I saw a peach.

  On the peach was a leech.

  I was disgusted so I gave a speech.

  After the speech I heard a screech.

  I heard a screech and reached.

  After I reached I held a leech.

  When I held a leech I told my Preach.

  After I told my preach I left the beach.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5