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Read the following excerpt from Sandra Cisneros's story "Mericans.

"Girl. We can't play with a girl Girl. It's my brothers' favorite insult now instead of "sissy." "You girl," they yell
at each other. "You throw that ball like a girl."
Which statement best explains the irony in this excerpt?
The narrator does not even want to play, but her brothers tease her because they think she does.
Although her brothers do not know it, the narrator actually throws the ball far better than either of them does.
Even though the narrator is extremely kind to her brothers, they are exceedingly cruel to her.
As much as the brothers dislike being stereotyped for being "Merican," they stereotype their own sister based on
gender
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Answer 1

The answer to this quesiton is

D) As much as the brothers dislike being stereotyped for being “Merican,” they stereotype their own sister based on gender.

But the answers to all of the quesitons one the test (cept for the ones i got wrong and dont know) are

1. B) religion

2. A) The woman assumes that the narrator’s brother is native to the region, but he is actually an American.

3. ?

4. A) the language one speaks

5. ?

6. D) I was born in Honduras, but when my family moved to this country, my father commanded that we speak English from that point forward.

7. B) They are strongly influenced by American culture.

8. D) The narrator judges the inappropriate attire of the Americans while her own behavior is inappropriate as well.

9. B) It is possible for people to be connected to more than one culture.

10. D) As much as the brothers dislike being stereotyped for being “Merican,” they stereotype their own sister based on gender.

Step-by-step explanation:

Just took it. Edg 2021. Hope this helps :) (smiley's name is George, George says hi)

Answer 2

As much as the brothers dislike being stereotyped for being "Merican," they stereotype their own sister based on gender.

Explanation:

Irony is when a person expresses a certain thing but meant a completely different thing. Or it can also be taken as a situation where one thing is meant but a different thing happened. This rhetorical device is used when a person says one thing but meant something else.

In the given excerpt from Sandra Cisneros's "Mericans", the irony is when the brothers discriminated against their sister based on her gender. They know what it's like to be discriminated against, for they were also stereotyped for being Americans despite being immigrants just like others. And they did not like that. But at the same time, they did the exact same thing to their sister when they gender-stereotyped her.

Thus, the correct answer is the last/ fourth option.