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Which of the following is a characteristic of ballads?
Which of the following is a characteristic of ballads?
- Lack of narrative
- Complex language
- Emphasis on emotions of the speaker
- Repetition of key phrases (correct)
What is the structure of a traditional ballad stanza?
What is the structure of a traditional ballad stanza?
- Four lines rhymed abcb (correct)
- Four lines rhymed abab
- Two lines rhymed abcb
- Two lines rhymed aa
What is the difference between a narrative poem and a lyric poem?
What is the difference between a narrative poem and a lyric poem?
- Lyric poems are always written in ballad form
- Narrative poems have no characters
- Narrative poems tell stories, while lyric poems emphasize the emotions of the speaker (correct)
- Lyric poems emphasize the story being told
