Word Choice and Extended Metaphor in a Poem by Maya Angelou
Question 8 of 10 • PBCSD_CR_1001315_English 1_for_Credit_Recovery_S1andS2_2015
Which excerpt from "Daughter of Invention" contains language that best represents the preservation of Dominican values?
Answer
A
If her husband insisted she speak in Spanish to the girls so they wouldn't forget their native tongue, she'd snap, "When in Rome, do unto the Romans."
B
Yoyo and her sisters were forgetting a lot of their Spanish, and their father's formal, florid diction was hard to understand.
C
"What is wrong? I will tell you what is wrong. It show no gratitude. It is boastful. I celebrate myself? The best student learns to destroy the teacher?"
D
"This is America, Papi, America! You are not in a savage country anymore!"