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Web Quest – Ballads
Research the following questions on your Macbooks and write down the answers either on a piece of paper or on Pages.
Remember to write down the website where you found the information.
Background to Ballads
1) Define the word ‘ballad’ in one sentence.2) What is the structure of a ballad?3) How does a ballad differ to other poetry?4) What topic/s are ballads often about?5) What is a famous Australian ballad?
Who wrote the poem? What is the poem about?
Poetic Devices
1) What is a simile?2) Write a sentence using at least one simile.3) What is a metaphor?4) Write a sentence using at least one metaphor.5) What is a ‘refrain’? 6) What is alliteration? Give an example.7) What is imagery?8) What is a stanza?9) What is repetition? Find an example.10) What is rhyme? Give an example.11) What is personification? Give an example.