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WorksheetsGrade 8 - Ballads
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
A ballad is a type of
ball
poem
novel
phone message
Ballads do not have a rhyming pattern
True
False
Different language features are used to help tell a story
True
False
Ballads often have a repeated verse called a
rain
reverse
refrain
repeat
Which is an appropriate rhyme scheme for a ballad?
abab
aabb
abcd
abba
Ballad poems use:
Complex language
Simple language
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
The subject matter of ballad poems is usually:
Emotions
Knights
Castles
A narrative
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)
During which time period were ballads written?
400 - 1200s
1300 - 1200s
1800 - 1900s
400 - 1500s
What does a narrative poem do?
Gives directions
Makes people laugh
tells a story
What type of conclusion does a ballad usually have?
dramatic and exciting
boring
scary
sad and nervous
