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1. B)<em> The epic strats the narrative in the middle of the story.</em>
Explanation: In medias res, which term is in latin, means "from the middle of" is a literature tecnique where the narration starts since the middle of the story. This resource was mainly used in greek and roman literature.
2. B) <em>The poem was passed from person to person by word of mouth without being written down</em>.
Explanation: Oral tradition is defined as a form of human communication wherein ideas or knowledge is received, this information is passed down through the generations by word of mouth and not written.
3. A) <em>Below, the fields of cotton, fleecy-white, / Are spreading like a mighty flock of sheep</em>.
Explanation: A metaphor is a figure of speech that uses a word to describe the other, like a kind of comparison. In this excerpt, the fields of cotton are described as "fleecy-white" and like a "flock of sheep", saying that all the cotton among the field is very white.
