Ballads Sonnets Review

A ballad tells a dramatic story in simple terms.

• true
• false

Usually the narrator of a ballad tells the story with personal feelings or attitudes.

• True
• False

Ballads often include cliches.

• True
• False

Come all ye lads draw near by me
that I be not foresaken
This day was lost the Jeannie C.
and my living has been taken.
This is an example of a ______.

• sonnet
• quatrain
• couplet
• sestet

A great technique, used by ballads and other poetic forms, to help reinforce the main point or theme is ____ .

• rhythmn
• repetition
• ravioli
• reality

Ballads are part of the oral tradition.

• True
• False

The word sonnet comes from _____ .

• The Greek word sonos meaning sound
• The Italian word sonnello meaning small poem
• The Italian word sonosito meaning spicy sausage
• The Italian word sonetto meaning little song

A sonnet has 14 lines.

• True
• False

A sonnet is often about the subject of love.

• True
• False

A six line stanza is called

• a quatrain
• a sestrain
• a sestet
• a blue hat