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Ballad

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

7th Grade

CCSS covered

Ballad
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Definition of ballad:

Poem about trust, without emotion

Poem about hatred with emotion, often not sung

Poem about love, with emotion, often sung

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Poets throughout history have changed the ballad and used the form to write their own versions. These ballads are sometimes known as "literary" ballads.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Banjo Paterson wrote ballads about

transport

Australian sport

playing the banjo

Australian way of life

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the purpose of a literary ballad?

to tell an engaging story

to persuade the reader to do something

to inform the reader about a topic

there is no purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a literary ballad?

Form of poetry that tells a story, often about romance or adventure

A fourteen line poem using any number of rhyme schemes

A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables

A humorous, often bawdy verse of three long lines and two short lines

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which is an appropriate rhyme scheme for a ballad?

abab

aabb

abcd

abba

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What form did ballad poems originally take?

Written in a big book

Performed to the King in court as after-dinner entertainment

Woven into tapestries

Passed down by word of mouth, performed to listeners, sometimes accompanied by music

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

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