Medieval Ballads

Medieval Ballads

9th - 12th Grade

26 Qs

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Medieval Ballads

Medieval Ballads

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th - 12th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.1, RL.11-12.7

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Peggie Bledsoe

Used 25+ times

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26 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a characteristic of a ballad?
short
tells a story
abstract
100 pages

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.12

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
Why are many of the medieval poems anonymous?
historians don't care about finding authors
most poems were passed down orally
the authors names were written in a diff. language
it was trendy to sign poems "Anonymous"

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.12

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
Why do ballads often have a rhythm, refrain, or melody along with rhyme scheme?
just for funsies
they are ALWAYS sung with a flute
easier to remember / pass down
subject matter of ballads = musicians

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.12

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Symbols are tangible nouns that represent something _______.
abstract
concrete

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Ballads are narrative songs that are meant to be sung.
True
False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.12

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A refrain is
lines repeated in a song or ballad
when someone wants to be violent but follows the rules
sounds repeated in a song
when someone wants to tell a mean person bad things but stops

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.12

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A ballad is organized into stanzas called
couplets
iambic pentameter
quatrains
tetrameter

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.12

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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