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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
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Any questions, words, concepts that you encountered on the MAP that you would like explaining? Write your question as a comment. +1 for each approved question.
a kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet.
What is the difference between a ballad, and a normal poem? I had about 7 questions involving ballads, and I was wondering what the difference is between a ballad and other types of poems.
Marium: a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next.
Ernest: I can't find what a iambic decameter is but there is iambic pentameter.
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What is an active voice? I got 5 of these questions and I had no idea of what it was. I tried using context clues but it was so confuzzlign!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat is a limerick? I got this one a couple times and active voice as well. What is active voice?
ReplyDeleteA humorous 5 line poem.
ReplyDeleteActually scratch that here is a better defintion:
ReplyDeletea kind of humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet.
Active+ Passive Voice
ReplyDeletehttp://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-voice.htm
+1 if you asked a question
Thanks for the link Mr. B!
ReplyDeleteWhat is "maintaining the voice". I think I figured out some of it but I am still not sure.
ReplyDeleteWhat is a imperative sentence? is it like a command or instruction to do something?
ReplyDeletean 'order' Thani...
ReplyDeleteSit down
Get your book etc...
not sure Abhi. Can you give more info?
+1 for contributing...
What is the difference between a ballad, and a normal poem? I had about 7 questions involving ballads, and I was wondering what the difference is between a ballad and other types of poems.
ReplyDelete- Marium Ahmed
What is iambic decameter and hexameter? I got those on the test but i didn't know what it was
ReplyDeleteMarium:
ReplyDeletea poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next.
Ernest:
I can't find what a iambic decameter is but there is iambic pentameter.
The question gave me a paragraph, and 4 sentence options, and it asked me which sentence maintained the voice of the paragraph.
ReplyDeletePOV abhi
ReplyDelete1st -3rd person etc....
Thank You!
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