Read the passage from “Child of the Americas.”I am Caribeña, island grown. Spanish is in my flesh, ripples from my tongue, lodges in my hips:the language of garlic and mangoes, the singing in my poetry, the flying gestures of my hands. The words “garlic and mangoes” in this passage are
A
sensory images illustrating the speaker’s island heritage.B
sensory images depicting a foreign and unknown culture.C
allusions to a well-known Spanish poem.D
allusions to common household items.