Ballad

Definition of ballad:

• Poem about trust, without emotion

• Poem about hatred with emotion, often not sung

• Poem about love, with emotion, often sung

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

Banjo Paterson wrote ballads about

• transport

• Australian sport

• playing the banjo

• Australian way of life

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

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

Which is an appropriate rhyme scheme for a ballad?

• abab

• aabb

• abcd

• abba

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

Which of the following features might you NOT expect to find in a ballad?

• A twist at the end

• A refrain (like a chorus)

• Dialogue

• Rhyming couplets (two rhyming lines that contain one thought)

Ballad poems use:

• Complex language

• Simple language

What is a ballad?

• A) A narrative poem often set to music

• B) A type of novel

• C) A short story

• D) A play