Question

How does the speaker's use of Spanish names for food

most affect the tone and meaning of this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from Justice Sotomayor's speech "A
Latina Judge's Voice
For me, a very special part of my being Latina is the
mucho pilaitas de arroz, gandtes y pernice, beans
and pork--that I have eaten at countless family holidays
and special events. My Latina identity also includes,
because of my particularly adventurous taste buds,
morcilla, pig intestines: patitas de cerdo con garbanza,
pigs feet with beans, and la lengua y orejas de
Charito, pigs tongue and ears. I bet the Mexican
Americans in this room are thinking that Puerto Ricans
have unusual food tastes. Some of us, ke me, do
It shows her strong connection to her heritage
I demonstrates how unusual Puerto Rican food is.
texemplifies a frustration with the United States.
It deliberately excludes non-Spanish speakers.

Answer 1

Answer: A

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The speaker's use of Spanish names for food most affect the tone and meaning of this excerpt since:

a. It shows her strong connection to her heritage.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's work with elimination here to reach a conclusion.

We can exclude letter B because using the Spanish names is not what makes the food sound unusual. As a matter of fact, we only realize how unusual those dishes are when we see their translation into English.

We can also eliminate letter C. The speaker is in no manner demonstrating a frustration with the United States. She is simply speaking of her origins.

Letter D is incorrect as well. The speaker does not exclude non-Spanish speakers, since she makes sure to translate all of the names she mentions.

The best option is, therefore, letter A. The speaker seems to make a point of saying the names in Spanish first. This is a sign that she is strongly connected to her origins and heritage. This is how she thinks of those dishes: with their Spanish names. The food and the language are associated in her mind.