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LimericksChunks
Limericks read with a chunk pattern
Do you know what a limerick is?
Limericks read with a chunk pattern
A limerick is a five-line poem.The rhyme pattern is a a b b a.
pattern a is a triplet,pattern b is a couplet.
The limerick is read in chunks.
Limericks read with a chunk pattern
Read the following limericks:
A flea and a fly in a flueWere caught, so what could they do?Said the fly, "Let us flee.""Let us fly," said the flea.So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
A student was sent to TacomaIntending to earn a diplomaHe said, “With the rain, I don´t want to remain.I think I´d prefer Oklahoma.”
Limericks read with a chunk pattern
This is how YOU are reading the limericks with a chunk
pattern.A flea/ and a fly/ in a flue/ - triplet (a)Were caught,/ so what/ could they do?/ - triplet (a)Said the fly,/ "Let us flee."/ - couplet (b)"Let us fly,"/ said the flea./ - couplet (b)So they flew/ through a flaw/ in the flue./ - triplet (a)
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A student/ was sent to/ Tacoma/ - triplet (a)Intending/ to earn/ a diploma/ - triplet (a)He said,/ “With the rain,/ - couplet (b)I don´t want/ to remain./ - couplet (b)I think/ I´d prefer/ Oklahoma.”/ - triplet (a)
Gilbert, Judy B (2005) Clear Speech. Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension
in North American English. Cambridge: New York, N. Y.
Limericks read with a chunk pattern
This is how YOU are reading the limericks with a chunk pattern.
A student/ was sent to/ Tacoma/ - triplet (a)Intending/ to earn/ a diploma/ - triplet (a)He said,/ “With the rain,/ - couplet (b)I don´t want/ to remain./ - couplet (b)I think/ I´d prefer/ Oklahoma.”/ - triplet (a)
Gilbert, Judy B (2005) Clear Speech. Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension
in North American English. Cambridge: New York, N. Y.
A flea/ and a fly/ in a flue/ - triplet (a)Were caught,/ so what/ could they do?/ - triplet (a)Said the fly,/ "Let us flee."/ - couplet (b)"Let us fly,"/ said the flea./ - couplet (b)So they flew/ through a flaw/ in the flue./ - triplet (a)
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