Read the excerpt from “How I Learned English.”Ron O’Neill, Jim, Dennis, were talking it upIn the field, a blue sky above themTipped with cirrus.And there I was,Just off the plane and plopped in the middleOf Williamsport, Pa. and a neighborhood game,Unnatural and without any moves,My notions of baseball and AmericaGrowing fuzzier each time I whiffed.The first-person point of view in this excerpt helps readers understand
Answer
A
how awkward the speaker feels playing baseball.
B
how much all the boys enjoy playing baseball.
C
how the speaker feels about the other boys.
D
how the other boys feel about the speaker.
Explanation
The speaker describes being “unnatural and without any moves” and says his understanding grew “fuzzier each time I whiffed.” Because readers hear the speaker’s own thoughts and feelings, they understand how awkward he feels while trying to play baseball. The excerpt does not tell us directly how the other boys feel.
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