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Ballad

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Rhyme Scheme Is A Ballad Written In?

a)

AA BB CC DD

b)

ABAB

c)

ABBA

d)

pants

2.

What Is A Ballad

a)

pants

b)

A Poem In Response To Death

c)

A Poem Narrated In Short Stanzas

d)

A Poem With 13 Lines And 10 Syllables.

3.

What Is The Origin Of A Ballad?

a)

French Ballades

b)

Native American Songs

c)

The campfire song song

d)

Khakis

e)

European Stories

4.

Which Of These Poems Are Meant To Be Sung

a)

Narrative

b)

Elegy

c)

Free Verse

d)

Ballad

5.

Which One Of These Is A Ballad?

a)

Put Something In - Shel Silverstien

b)

Purple Rain - Prince

c)

Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer Day - William Shakespeare

d)

Ode on a Grecian Urn - John Keats

6.

What Are Most Of The Ballads The We Know Today?

a)

TV Shows

b)

Stories

c)

Pants

d)

Songs

7.

What Country Did Ballads Originate In?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Australia

d)

Chad

8.

What Theme Are Most Ballads

a)

Informative

b)

Depressing

c)

Funny

d)

Tragic

9.

What Kind Of Poem Is Similar To A Ballad

a)

Lyric

b)

Ode

c)

An Epic Poem

d)

Free Verse

10.

What Is Significant About Ballads?

a)

Lines/Stanzas repeat often

b)

They all have 4 Stanzas

c)

They Are Played At Funerals

d)

They Have The Same Words Throughout The Whole Poem