A Glimpse of Man’s Universal Emotions March 18, 2003 Ballads A Glimpse of Man’s Universal Emotions March 18, 2003
Plot (Concrete Subject) Characters Setting Conflict Abstract Subject 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
Poetry Rhythm Rhyme Ballad Stanza Refrain
Ballad Stanza The wind so cold blew south and north, 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.”
Literary Devices Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification Dialect Repetition
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.
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.
Hyperbole Extreme exaggeration You could see his smile a mile away.
Personification Giving non-human things human characteristics The cat smiled knowingly at me. “I see,” he said.
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.