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March 17, 2022

Word of the Day: Limerick

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Word of the Day : March 17, 2022

limerick \LIM-uh-rik\ noun

What It Means

A limerick is a humorous rhyming poem of five lines.

// The students were asked to compose limericks to help them learn about poetry's use of meter and rhyme.

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Aired March 17, 2022

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