Question

ANSWER THIS IF YOU HAVE READ 'First Love' BY Judith Ortiz Cofer!

1.) Which statement best expresses a theme of "First Love" by Judith Ortiz Cofer?
Love is not for everyone.
Love does not come easy.
Love can last a lifetime.
Love arrives when one least expects it.
2.) Which quotation from "First Love" by Judith Ortiz Cofer best refines the theme that love does not come easily to everyone?

“My secret love sat across the room from me looking supremely bored.”
“…I had, of course, in the great tradition of tragic romance, chosen to love a boy who was totally out of my reach.”
“…as we stood chanting our farewells in Latin, he looked straight across the room and into my eyes!”
“I believed myself still invisible to him in ‘nothing’ status as I looked upon my beloved.”
3.) Describing her feelings right after her first kiss in "First Love," Judith Ortiz Cofer writes, "My cells were tuning up like musicians in an orchestra, and my heart was a chorus. It was an opera I was composing,..."

How does the colorful figure of speech in this sentence affect the text?
It highlights the fact that Judith has always been a music lover.
It helps the reader feel the joy of love along with Judith.
It shows that Judith is thinking about herself, not about the boy.
It reminds the reader that music can be as beautiful as love.

Answer 1

1 is "Love does not come easy."

In the story, we see that Cofer tries very hard to talk to the person she loves and never actually does because she eventually realizes he is not interested in her. Thus the most accurate answer choice would be Love does not come easy.

2 is “…I had, of course, in the great tradition of tragic romance, chosen to love a boy who was totally out of my reach.”

In the quotation, Cofer says she has chosen a boy who was "totaly out of my reach". therefore this supports the theme that love does not come easy for everyone

3 is "It shows that Judith is thinking about herself, not about the boy."

at first, you might have thought it was B but it's not. Here is why: B is how the "colorful figure of speech" affects the reader, not the text.

Answer 2

1. I took the test with this question and the correct answer was: Love does not come easy.

2. I'm not positive, but I would say: "...I had, of course, in the great tradition of tragic romance, chose to love a boy who was totally out of my reach."

3. Again, I not sure, but I think it would be: It helps the reader feel the joy of love along with Judith.

Sorry if these are wrong.