Which is the best definition for an external frame narrative like the one used in the canterbury tales?
the speaker addresses the audience directly.
the writer builds a story within a story.
the narrator uses second-person point of view.
the speaker narrates the deed and adventures of a heroic or legendary figure.

The writer builds a story within a story.

A frame story is a type of narrative that is set up in order to provide a background for a more important story, or for a series of stories. The Canterbury Tales, for example, is a frame story, as it is designed to contain the smaller stories that the pilgrims tell throughout their journey. Other famous examples of frame stories are The One Thousand and One Nights and The Decameron.

repetition is used to emphasize a feeling or idea, create rhythm, and/or develop a sense of urgency.

rudy is the nazi ideal, unfortunately for the nazis his ideal comes in the form of jesse the complete opposite of those who embrace the idea of white supremacy. over the course of the novel, rudy learns that he wants nothing to do with the hitler youth, and because of this his parents are forced to make a bargain; rudy's father is forced into the military, so that his son can remain home.   both liesel and hans influence that young man that rudy becomes. following han's example, rudy puts aside his own hunger to risk his life so that the jewish prisoners might have bread to eat.