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A is a type of narrative poem that uses repeated words and phrases, including a refrain to tell a story. Initially intended to be performed(sung), it has roots in the oral tradition.

BONUS– 5 PTS. Give one example of foreshadowing that occurs in a “Good Man Is Hard to Find” OR discuss what the white elephant(symbol) stands for in the short story “Hills Like White Elephants”. 

  Read this excerpt from the Anton Chekov’s play The Brute and answer the question below. When Mrs. Popova tells Mr. Smirnov she can pay him the day after tomorrow, he gets upset. Because he wants the money today, he refuses to leave until she pays him. This dispute between the characters is considered the of the play because neither can get what they want immediately. 

Literary criticism is nonfiction writing about literature; it is writing that studies, analyzes, interprets, and evaluates literary works.

   These two ballad quatrains from “The Ballad of Birmingham” (lines 1-4) and (lines 5-8) use two  because the voice switches from the child to the mother.  

Select all that apply. Identify all characters in the short story “A Worn Path”.

Monologues are extended speeches delivered by one character.

The photograph that Mrs. Popova is staring at in the beginning of The Brute is a This is an object used on stage by actors. For instance, it can be anything from a comb to a dagger to a horse. Pictures and decorative set items can also a part of this.

A mother reports that her adolescent daughter is always late. The mother states, “She was born late and has been late every day of her life.” Which response by the nurse is appropriate?

While assisting with a lumbar puncture procedure on an infant or small child, the nurse should do which of the following?