Question

1. Most epics begin in medias res. Which of the following must be true of an epic that begins in medias res?

Answer 1

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1. B) The epic strats the narrative in the middle of the story.

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) The poem was passed from person to person by word of mouth without being written down.

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) Below, the fields of cotton, fleecy-white, / Are spreading like a mighty flock of sheep.

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.