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QuizMultiple Choice

Diction and Syntax: Impact on Mood, Voice, and Tone

Question 2 • TX-English I B-CR

Read the excerpt from "Surrendering” by Ocean Vuong.I had read books that weren’t books, and I had read them using everything but my eyes. From that invisible "reading,” I had pressed my world onto paper. As such, I was a fraud in a field of language, which is to say, I was a writer. I have plagiarized my life to give you the best of me.

Answer
A
formal
B
colloquial
C
poetic
D
scholarly

Explanation

The excerpt uses vivid, figurative language rather than ordinary conversation or formal academic wording. Phrases such as “read books that weren’t books” and “plagiarized my life” make the writing expressive and layered with meaning. This makes the language poetic.

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