Limerick

1. What is a limerick?

• Poem

• Essay

• Short story

2. How many lines does a limerick have?

• 4

• 5

• 6

3. What is the style of a limerick?

• Happy

• Humorous

• Sad

4. What 3 lines have to rhyme in a limerick?

• 1st, 2nd and 3rd lines

• 1st, 2nd and 4th lines

• 1st, 2nd and 5th lines

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

5. What 2 lines have to rhyme together?

• 1st and 2nd

• 4th and 5th

• 3rd and 4th

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

6. What word rhymes with Spain?

• Sun-

• Rain

• Paint

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.2A

CCSS.RF.2.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.K.1D

CCSS.RF.K.2A

7. What word can we use to finish this limerick?

• sun

• again

• umbrella

8. Which choice is a Limerick Poem?

• There was an Old Man of Nantucket

  Who kept all his cash in a bucket.

  His daughter, called Nan,

  Ran away with a man,

  And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

• That at the last, and in short time, I spide,

  Under a rocke, where she alas, opprest,

  Fell to the ground, and there untimely dide.

  Cruell death vanquishing so noble beautie

  Oft makes me wayle so hard a desire.

• Light do I see within my Lady’s eyes

  And loving spirits in its plenisphere

  Which bear in strange delight on my heart’s care

  Till Joy’s awakened from that sepulchre.

9. What rhyme scheme does a limerick poem have?

• ABBAA

• ACAABA

• AABBA

10. Which lines of a Limerick poem are shorter?

• 1 and 2

• 3 and 4

• 2 and 4