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to show that the land has been covered by floodwaters
A. He mentions that the novel had been turned into a children's comic strip.
The correct answer is D) Sestina.
This excerpt is an example of a Sestina poem.
Sestina is the type of poem that has six stanzas. Then, in each stanza has six lines. The last seventh stanza does not have six lines but three. This is called Envoi o Tornada. One of the differences with other types of poems is that the Sestina doesn't rhyme. The Sestina has two variations. The Double Sestina and the Trinita.
The other options of the question were A) Sonnet, B) Ballad, and C) Haiku.
The answer to fill in the blank would be B) Thesis statement because the thesis is like the message the author is trying to send to his readers so they can comprehend his or her text.