Poetry Terms
Structure of A Ballad
JUST FOR FUN
Identify the Fig. Lang.
100

This is when words sound the same at the beginning, middle, or end of a line of poetry.

rhyme

100

Not just about this emotion, ballads can also be heroic or comedic

love

100

What is the name of the plant by the window. Double points if you know what kind of plant it is. 

Groot the jade plant.

100

The daisy hugging the earth / in August, ha!

personification

200

A four line stanza is called a...

quatrain

200

Ballads often use this pattern: a _ _ _

b c b


200

Mr. Michaelson went to the same college as what famous NBA player?

Steph Curry

200

The moon glowed over the cool blue pool.

Assonance

300

This is a pattern of beats that you hear in a poem. (You hear it in rap music a lot.)

rhythm

300

ANY poem that tells a story with a beginning middle and end is called a...

A narrative poem

300

Which planet in our solar system has the most moons?

Saturn

300

The children chattered and chortled like a tidings of magpies in the morning.

alliteration + simile

400

This is the pattern of rhyme that happens in poetry. Each line that rhymes receives a letter, and each rhyme after that receives the next letter in the alphabet (example - abab, abcdabcd).

rhyme scheme

400

When the same line or stanza is repeated throughout the poem, it is called...

A refrain

400

What animal has 3 hearts?

Octopus

400

The earth is the cup of the sun, / That filleth at morning

metaphor

500

Write a stanza in the style of a ballad about outer space, using at least 1 instance of figurative language.

Responses may vary

500

Write down 5 words with at least 2 syllables that rhyme with the word 'fright'

  • Recite
  • Rewrite
  • Sunlight
  • Tonight
  • Twilight
  • Upright
500

What is the difference between a fiddle and a violin?

None! Just the music that is played on it.

500

Write a single sentence about something at Carine SHS that uses alliteration and a metaphor (40 seconds)

Responses may vary