Which excerpt from “Child of the Americas” contains imagery that expresses how language becomes part of the speaker’s physical identity?

The phrase “in my flesh” and the images of Spanish rippling from the speaker’s tongue and lodging in her hips connect language directly to parts of her body. This imagery shows that language is woven into her physical identity, rather than being only a cultural or historical influence. Choice D, “Spanish is in my flesh, ripples from my tongue, lodges in my hips,” is the correct excerpt.

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