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Identify an example of each of the following types of sensory imagery.Sight: ✔ “green plantains / hanging in stalks”“the Patroness of Exiles”“selling canned memories”

A
✔ “green plantains / hanging in stalks”
B
“the Patroness of Exiles”
C
“selling canned memories”
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Sound: “like votive offerings”“who was never pretty”✔ “listening to the Puerto Ricans complain”

A
“like votive offerings”
B
“who was never pretty”
C
✔ “listening to the Puerto Ricans complain”
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Smell: “over a formica counter”✔ “smells from the open bins / of dried codfish”“hanging in stalks like votive offerings”

A
“over a formica counter”
B
✔ “smells from the open bins / of dried codfish”
C
“hanging in stalks like votive offerings”
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Which phrases in this passage provide sensory imagery? Check all that are correct.

A
“that would cost less at the A&P”
B
“fragile old man lost in the folds / of his winter coat”
C
“that he reads to her like poetry”
D
“from places that now exist”
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Based on sensory imagery, what is the tone of the passage? ✔ nostalgicdissatisfiedcheerful

A
✔ nostalgic
B
dissatisfied
C
cheerful
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Identify phrases of imagery used to describe English. Check all of the boxes that apply.

A
“tongue of my consciousness”
B
“flashing knife blade of crystal”
C
“island grown”
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Check all the phrases that describe Spanish.

A
“language of garlic and mangoes”
B
“my tool, my craft”
C
“flying gestures of my hands”
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How does the highlighted imagery in this passage express the speaker’s cultural identity?

A
It shows how important each of her dual languages is to her identity.
B
It creates a contrast between Spanish and English, illustrating the preference for a native language.
C
It shows the speaker’s confusion about her ethnic identity.
D
It shows similarities between languages, emphasizing the unity of two cultures.

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