Match the definition to the term.

1. a poem that tells a story and is often intended to be sung
ballad
2. rhythm that regularly repeats itself
cadence
3. poetry that is not artistic in form or meaning; crude or poor poetry
poetic diction
4. the language or word choice of a poet
doggerel

1 - ballad - a poem that tells a story, and is often intended to be sung

2 - cadence = rhythm that regularly repeats itself

3 - poetic diction - the language or word choice of a poet

4 - doggerel - poetry that is not artistic in form or meaning; crude or poor poetry

1. Ballad: A ballad is a verse form that tells a story in its stanzas. A characteristic feature of ballads are that they are set to music - more or less recited in the manner a song would be. The rhyme structure basically includes the arrangement of the verses in quatrains (ABAB).

2. Cadence: Cadence is essentially the flow of the poetry, how it unfolds in terms of its musical elements. It can be accurately described as the rhythmic rise and fall of the intonation of voice, or the tone of the poem. For example, a comma or full stop or dash in the poem may demand a pause to follow. Cadence may even change verse to verse, or may be particular to certain parts of the poem -such as the ending note of every stanza or the beginning of every stanza.

3. Poetic Diction: Poetic diction refers to the language of the poem, the metaphors, the vocabulary and may also include any allusive verses, personifications (the linguistic manner of the poem). Poetic diction was strictly adhered to before the 1800s, with the poets making use of figurative language and vocabulary that was of a higher scale than that of the common man's. The strictness to adhere to this protocol has diminished over the year's following Wordsworth's notion that poetry must be understandable to the common man fairly easy for it to impact him.

4. Doggerel: Doggerel is a form of poetry that has an unusual rhyme scheme which comes off unrefined and novice. The construction of this form of poetry is termed to be very poor, with their being irregular meters and a lack of eloquence in the poem. This is why doggerels are mostly employed to describe an occurence with humor, or comically.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the students want to see the great sphinx of giza, which is very popular with tourists.