Understanding Limericks Worksheet

Analyzing poetry is an important part of developing student literacy skills and understanding figurative language techniques. With this worksheet, students will read a limerick, define unfamiliar vocabulary by considering the context, draw a picture inspired by the limerick, and finally identify which words rhyme. This is a multi-skill handout for elementary school learners that can promote their ability to analyze poetry with confidence. Check out all of our worksheets on limerick poems!.
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Read through this limerick by Ogden Nash about a flea, then answer comprehension questions about the AABBA rhyme pattern and the poem's humorous content.

Concept(s) Limerick, Poetry
CCSS R.1
CCSS Alignment Notes

Aligns with R.1 (read closely, cite evidence) requiring students to analyze a published limerick and identify both its structural elements and comic.

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