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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
A diner while dinning at Crewe,
Found quite a large mouse in his stew.
Said the waiter, "Don‘t shout,
And wave it about,
Or the rest will be wanting one, too." |
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- Answer the questions.
- What is the rhyme scheme for this limerick?
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- Define irony in your own words.
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- Explain the irony in this poem.
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