Which is a characteristic of the poetic form known as an "ballad"? A) It usually tells a story in poetic form. B) It involves im
agining other worlds and the impact of future technology. C) It usually is written in praise or honor of an object, person, or season. D) It is a long tale involving super-heroic men and gods battling good against evil.
The following statement is a characteristic of an "ode": It usually tells a story in poetic form. Ballads are a form of poetry that tells a story (usually in four line rhyming stanzas).
Paradox; a statement or proposition that, despite sound reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.
Oxymoron; a figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
