Explore the world of wandering minstrels and their art in '9.2. 1 Narratives and Ballads'. Learn about bards, ballads as a narrative form, the structure and purpose of narrative poems, and the unique characteristics of ballads. This quiz assesses understanding of historical and cultural storytelling through poetry.
A blog
Ballads
News cast
Rap
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Cubicle
Quatrain
Quarter
Corner
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A sort of free verse
A poem that tells a story and has a beginning, middle, end, and some kind of conflict
A poem that makes no sense at all
A free verse that is free of rhythm or rhyme
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In a nursery rhyme
In silent reading
Oral performance
On the the television set
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An avav or abeb rhyme scheme
An acbc rhymse scheme
An cbcb and abad rhyme scheme
An abab or abcb rhyme scheme
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Bimeter
Meter
Trimeter
Tetrameter
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Beards
Singers
Bards
Poets
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Meter
Tetrameter
Octometer
Trimeter
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Length: Ballads are typically shorter in length compared to other narrative forms.
Rhyme scheme: Ballads often follow a specific rhyme scheme, such as ABAB or ABCB.
Authorship: Ballads are usually anonymously authored and passed down orally through generations.
Complexity: Ballads tend to have simpler plot structures and fewer characters than other narrative forms
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