Презентация на тему Лимерики

a Limerick?”

poems that are meant to be amusing, humorous and

comical, though the comedy can be sometimes obscene and raunchy in nature.

was a fellow named Kim
(A) Whose dad never taught

him to swim.
(B) He fell off a dock
(B) And sunk like a rock.
(A) And that was the end of him.

Rhyme Pattern of Limericks

is used in literature. It is a figure of

speech. People exaggerate things because they have strong feelings about something. People may exaggerate to make people listen to what they say. They may do it to emphasize something. They may also exaggerate just to sound funny.

Hyperbola

was a Young Lady whose nose…

means something different from what it said - it is

usually a metaphor. Idioms are common phrases or terms, which meanings are not real, but can be understood by their popular use.

Idiom

“play on words” (game using words). People make puns

in order to make other people laugh. Many jokes are actually puns. A pun usually uses a word which can have more than one meaning, even if the spelling is different.

Pun

“Laoi meidbreagh” = “A merry song”

From Irish songs about the town Limerick

From the name of Edward Lear

1888)

(A)
da DUM ad a DUM ad a DUM

(3 DUMS)
who dreamed he was eating his shoe. (A)
da DUM ad a DUM ad a DUM (3 DUMS)
He awoke in the night (B)
da DUM ad a DUM (2 DUMS)
with a terrible fright, (B)
ad a DUM ad a DUM (2 DUMS)
and found out that it was quite true. (A)
da DUM ad a DUM ad a DUM (3 DUMS)

twisters
Limericks for kids
Limericks for students

last line

Marshak, translator and writer