Question

What is not a characteristic of the folk ballad? a simple story told through dialogue involves repetition uses improvised stanza formats has a regular rhyme scheme

Answer 1

The answer is: uses improvised stanza formats

A folk ballade or traditional ballet was developed by anonymous authors and handed down generation by generation by word of mouth, the story is simple, the type of stanza is a quatrain, in the rhyme it can be use the same word in the first and third line or rhyme the second and forth, the chorus is repeated.

Answer 2

Among the choices, the answer is to use improvised stanza formats. A folk ballad is a poem that consists of too many words, it is usually a stanza in four and in iambic pentameter. It can be also considered as a dramatic song that has been transitioned to oral tradition.