Question 2 • CMS 2026-2027 English III CREDIT RECOVERY
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
Answer
A
allusions to a well-known Spanish poem.
B
allusions to common household items.
C
sensory images illustrating the speaker’s island heritage.
D
sensory images depicting a foreign and unknown culture.