A ballad /ËbaelÉd/ ËbÃ¦lÉd is a form of, verse often a narrative set to. Music ballads derive from the Medieval french chanson balladee balladÃ©e, or ballade which were originally. dancing songshe rhyming songs, poems and tales written in the form of ballads often relate to the itinerant and rebellious spirit of Australia in The Bush, and the authors and performers are often referred to as bush bards.
Two or more words that sound the same but are spelled differently are called homophones. (Homo- is the Greek root for same, and phon- is the Greek root for sound, so homophone means same sound.) These are words that can be confusing for writers. Below are some common homophones that are often confused.
Weather vs Whether. The English language has many words that are called homophones or homonyms. This means that the words share the same spelling or pronunciation but have different meanings. There are several examples of these in English: weight and wait; mail and male; fate and fete; check and cheque and weather or whether among others.