Read the excerpt from “How I Learned English.”I fell back,Dazed, clutching my brow,Groaning, “Oh my shin, oh my shin,”And everybody peeled away from meAnd dropped from laughter, and there we were,All of us writhing on the ground for one reasonOr another.Readers can tell that this is the climax of the poem, because it
Answer
A
gives information about what the speaker thinks and feels.
B
adds to the idea that the speaker feels like an outsider.
C
changes the speaker’s struggle to fit in with the other boys.
D
shows how the speaker’s problems with the boys are solved.
Explanation
A climax is the turning point where the central conflict begins to change. Here, the speaker falls and groans while the other boys laugh, but they all end up writhing on the ground together. The shared laughter shifts his struggle to fit in toward a moment of connection, so the best choice is “changes the speaker’s struggle to fit in with the other boys.”
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