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1
Q

What is a ballad?

A

a poem or song telling a story

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2
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What is traditional

A

belief and customs that have existed for a long time

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3
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What is folklore?

A

stories passed down through word of mouth

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4
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What is rhyming couplet?

A

a rhyming pair

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5
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What is imagery?

A

a visual picture

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6
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What is symbol?

A

something that represents something else

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7
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What is personification?

A

giving human characteristics to something non-human

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8
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What is metaphor?

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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

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9
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What is syllable?

A

a voul sound

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10
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What is stanza?

A

a verse

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11
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What is repetition?

A

a repeating or recurring pattern

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12
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What is tragedy?

A

event causing great suffering

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13
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What is mystery?

A

an event that can’t be explained

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14
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What is marsh?

A

wet, lowland area

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15
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What are stockings?

A

tights

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16
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What is circumstantial?

A

not based on hard fact

17
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What is inflicted?

A

caused suffering

18
Q

What is a/to lament?

A

strong expression of grief

19
Q

What is fanciful?

A

overly unrealistic

20
Q

What an illegitimate?

A

child born of unmarried parents

21
Q

What is a saloon?

A

bar

22
Q

What is a mule

A

donkey/pony cross

23
Q

What is to gauge?

A

to estimate

24
Q

What is foetid?

A

rotting, smell

25
Q

What is ceaseless?

A

endless

26
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What is a chorus / refrain?

A

a part of a song that is repeated, usually after each verse

27
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What is a quatrain?

A

a four-lined stanza

28
Q

What is melancholy?

A

a feeling of thoughtful sadness, often with no cause

English ballards vocab (1 decks)

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