Question

Select the correct line in the passage. Read this excerpt from "The Nun's Priest's Tale" in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. O new Iscariot, O new Ganelon! O false dissimulator, Greek Sinon That brought down Troy all utterly to sorrow! O Chanticleer, accursed be that morrow Which sentence in the following description identifies the style used in the excerpt? These lines describe the false beliefs that Chanticleer held. The proud Chanticleer is being mocked in these lines for having raised such outcry. The narrator mocks the narrative style of epic poetry by applying it to a beast fable. The proud Chanticleer is mocked by the other hens because he was making much of the dream.

Answer 1

The correct answer is "The narrator mocks the narrative style of epic poetry by applying it to a beast fable."

Explanation:

It's a type of hyperbole to mock.

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