Ballad

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English
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7th Grade
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Hard
+9
Standards-aligned
Sarah Williams
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15 questions
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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.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
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.8.5
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.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
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.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.5
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.6.6
CCSS.L.7.6
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.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.8.4
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.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
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