Question

Read the excerpt from "Speaking Arabic."

At a neighborhood fair in Texas, somewhere between the German Oom-pah Sausage Stand and the Mexican
Gorditas booth, I overheard a young man say to his friend, "I wish I had a heritage. Sometimes I feel-SO
lonely for one." And the tall American trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head.
Which best explains how Nye's word choice helps establish her voice in the excerpt?
Nye uses short, forceful words to support her opinion that an American heritage is limited and mechanical
O Nye describes a neighborhood fair to support her opinion that the idea of an American heritage does not exist
Nye creates a powerful image of trees to support her opinion that living among a variety of cultures is an American
heritage
Nye directly quotes something she heard in order to express her distress over a lack of American heritage.
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Answer 1

c

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Answer 2

The correct answer is C. Nye creates a powerful image of trees to support her opinion that living among a variety of cultures is an American heritage.

Explanation

This excerpt belongs to a text "speaking Arabic" which speaks about heritage, in the excerpt the author describes how an American man thinks he has no heritage "I wish I had a heritage. Sometimes I feel - so lonely for one." and this idea is presented as contradictory because the man is surrounded by American trees and by representations of different cultures such as food from Germany and Mexico. This shows the variety of cultures is an important element in the American Heritage and the author explains this idea by describing the scene of the trees in different foods. So, the correct answer is C.