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Practice Exercise 17 A, B
Limericks
- Use the reading process to guide you in your reading the following
limerick.
- Skim the title and poem quickly.
- Predict what the poem is about.
- Think of questions to answer while you read.
- Read the poem twice aloud without stopping.
- Read the poem again carefully.
- Answer the questions.
There was a young lady of Stornaway
Who by walking, her shoes had all worn away.
She said, ‘I won‘t mind
If only I find
That it ‘s taken that terrible corn away.’
- Answer the questions.
- What is the rhyme scheme for this limerick?
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- Explain the humour in the poem.
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