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Research Workshop: Writing an Argumentative Essay — Cumulative exam

Question 29 • ALT ENG 11 S2 Common Core ELA 11 2014 - ELA3011 B-CR

Which excerpt from ”First Generation” of Dreaming in Cuban is the best example of magic realism?

Answer
A
The family split up and Minnie was raised by a grandmother who can quote the Bible chapter and verse and drives a beat-up Cadillac with a CB radio in it.
B
We camped out under a sapodilla tree and listened to the pygmy owls with their old women’s voices.
C
Four blocks from her home, Lourdes smells her father’s cigar behind a catalpa tree. “Mi hija, have you forgotten me?” Jorge del Pino chides gently.
D
She combs her daughter’s room for the Jimi Hendrix poster she made her take down and tacks it back on the wall.

Explanation

Magic realism blends the supernatural with ordinary, realistic events. In choice C, Lourdes smells and speaks with her deceased father as though he were present, and the encounter is narrated matter-of-factly. The other choices describe unusual or vivid details, but not a supernatural event presented as part of everyday life.

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