I believe it's the rising action
Answer:
Poetry is to the top one.
Drama is the last one.
Prose is the second.
That's what I would guess.
The correct definition of the word derided based on the context of the given line above from James Joyce's "Araby" is "mocked". The word deride comes from the Latin word "deridere" meaning to scoff at. Other words that are synonymous to the word "deride" are to ridicule, to make fun of, and to laugh at.
