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QuizMultiple Choice

Narrative Elements in "How I Learned English"

Question 9 • SS-English Language Arts 7

Read the excerpt from "How I Learned English.”So it was not impossible that I,Banished to the outfield and daydreamingOf water, or a hotel in the mountains,Would suddenly find myself in the pathOf a ball stung by Joe Barone.I watched it closing inClean and untouched, transfixedBy its easy arc before it hitMy forehead with a thud.How is this excerpt important to the poem as a whole?

Answer
A
It introduces the problem the speaker has playing his baseball position.
B
It shows why the speaker does not like playing baseball.
C
It shows how the speaker’s feelings about himself begin to change.
D
It develops the idea that the speaker feels like an outsider with the other boys.
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