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Ballads

Ballads. A Glimpse of Man’s Universal Emotions March 18, 2003. Ballads tell stories. Plot (Concrete Subject) Characters Setting Conflict Abstract Subject. Plot. Introduces characters and setting Problem is introduced Problem is complicated Problem is solved Questions are answered.

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Ballads

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  1. Ballads A Glimpse of Man’s Universal Emotions March 18, 2003

  2. Ballads tell stories. Plot (Concrete Subject) Characters Setting Conflict Abstract Subject

  3. Plot • Introduces characters and setting • Problem is introduced • Problem is complicated • Problem is solved • Questions are answered

  4. Poetry • Rhythm • Rhyme • Ballad Stanza • Refrain

  5. Ballad Stanza • A stanza with 4 lines • A rhythm pattern of 4343 (stressed syllables per line) • A rhyme scheme of ABCB (2nd and 4th lines rhyme The wind so cold blew south and north, And blew onto the floor. Quoth our goodman to our goodwife, “Get up and bar the door.”

  6. Literary Devices • Simile • Metaphor • Hyperbole • Personification • Dialect • Repetition

  7. Similes • A comparison of two unlike things, using like or as, in order to show one way they’re alike • Her smile was as intriguing as the smile on the Cheshire cat.

  8. Metaphors • A comparison of two unlike things, not using like or as, in order to show one way they’re alike • She smiled her Cheshire cat smile.

  9. Hyperbole • Extreme exaggeration • You could see his smile a mile away.

  10. Personification • Giving non-human things human characteristics • The cat smiled knowingly at me. “I see,” he said.

  11. Dialect • The way a language changes from region to region • “I say, old chap,” said the man to the Cheshire cat, “do you perchance know the way to the croquet game? • See if you can remember these terms by going to http://www.angelfire.com/sc3/kingcesily/interactive.htm • and trying the quiz.

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