English Poetry Quiz #3

Narrative Poetry
A poem that tells a story and has a plot

What is the difference between a folk ballad and a literary ballad?
Folk ballads were written anonymously and passed down through generations before being written, literary ballads are written to mimic the format of a folk ballad

Ballad
A slow popular song that is typically about love

What characteristics to ballads generally share?
Often about love, tell a story, and have short simple stanzas

Lyric Poetry
A type of poetry that expresses personal emotions or feelings

Elegy
A sad poem or song

Ode
A poem in which a person expresses a strong feeling of love or respect for someone or something

Persona
The way you behave, talk, etc., with other people that causes them to see you as a particular kind of person

Apostrophe
The addressing of a usually absent person or a usually personified thing rhetorically

Absolute
Complete and total

Hyperbole
Language that describes something as better or worse than it actually is

Tactile Imagery
An image of an object as perceived by the sense of touch

Visual Imagery
The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas

Auditory Imagery
A form of mental imagery that is used to organize and analyze sounds

Symbolism
Symbolic meaning or character

Allusion
A passing casual reference

What characteristics to ballads generally share?