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It was in an empty lot

Ringed by elms and fir and honeysuckle.
Bill Corson was pitching in his buckskin jacket,
Chuck Keller, fat even as a boy, was on first,
His t-shirt riding up over his gut,
Ron O’Neill, Jim, Dennis, were talking it up
In the field, a blue sky above them
Tipped with cirrus.

And there I was,
Just off the plane and plopped in the middle
Of Williamsport, Pa. and a neighborhood game,
Unnatural and without any moves,
My notions of baseball and America
Growing fuzzier each time I whiffed.

—“How I Learned English,”
Gregory Djanikan

Read the passage and answer the questions about narrative elements.

Where is the poem set?


When does the action occur?


Who is the main character?


What is the narrator's major conflict?

Answer 1

Where is the poem set?

✔ on a field in Williamsport, PA

When does the action occur?

✔ during the poet’s childhood

Who is the main character?

✔ the narrator

What is the narrator's major conflict?

✔ He is adapting to being in a new country.

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Answer 2

On a field in WilliamSport PA

during the poets childhood

the narrator

he doesn’t fit in with his new friends

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