Latina Poetry as an Expression of Cultural Heritage

Question 1

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”

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A: ✔ “green plantains / hanging in stalks”

Question 2

Which phrases in this passage provide sensory imagery? Check all that are correct.

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B: “fragile old man lost in the folds / of his winter coat”; C: “that he reads to her like poetry”

Question 3

Based on sensory imagery, what is the tone of the passage? ✔ nostalgicdissatisfiedcheerful

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A: ✔ nostalgic

Question 4

Identify phrases of imagery used to describe English. Check all of the boxes that apply.

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A: “tongue of my consciousness”; B: “flashing knife blade of crystal”

Question 5

How does the highlighted imagery in this passage express the speaker’s cultural identity?

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A: It shows how important each of her dual languages is to her identity.

Question 6

Sound: “like votive offerings”“who was never pretty”✔ “listening to the Puerto Ricans complain”

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C: ✔ “listening to the Puerto Ricans complain”

Question 7

Check all the phrases that describe Spanish.

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A: “language of garlic and mangoes”; C: “flying gestures of my hands”

Question 8

Smell: “over a formica counter”✔ “smells from the open bins / of dried codfish”“hanging in stalks like votive offerings”

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B: ✔ “smells from the open bins / of dried codfish”

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