1. A Glimpse of Man’s Universal Emotions March 18, 2003
Ballads
A Glimpse of Man’s Universal Emotions
March 18, 2003

2. Plot (Concrete Subject) Characters Setting Conflict Abstract Subject
Ballads tell stories.
Plot (Concrete Subject)
Characters
Setting
Conflict
Abstract Subject

3. Plot Introduces characters and setting Problem is introduced
Problem is complicated
Problem is solved
Questions are answered

4. Poetry
Rhythm
Rhyme
Ballad Stanza
Refrain

5. 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.”

6. Literary Devices Simile Metaphor Hyperbole Personification Dialect
Repetition

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Hyperbole
Extreme exaggeration
You could see his smile a mile away.

10. Personification Giving non-human things human characteristics
The cat smiled knowingly at me. “I see,” he said.

11. 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?
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