Answer:
The correct answer is <u>D</u>: Cedric Yamanaka.
Explanation:
This excerpt is from the short story <em>The Lemon Tree Billiard House</em>, written by Cedric Yamanaka.
In the excerpt, Mitch describes how he became cursed.
One day, he went to a beach house with his father, and he climbed some rocks. His father said to him that the rocks were sacred, so Mitch believed that he had been cursed, because of climbing it.
In this story, Cedric Yamanaka uses a typical Hawaiian dialect, which differs him from other writers.
The correct answer is A.
This passage realtes the events that reveal to the reader that Anderson is being discriminated due to his race.
When Anderson wants to book the hall, he is told that there are no dates available. Suspicious, he asks a white pianist to do the same, and the man is given a date in no time. This makes Anderson understand that the reason why he was not allowed to book the place was the colour of his skin.
Answers B, C and D are incorrect because the paragraph does not use figurative language, is not foreshadowing any events, and does not present a dialogue.
Answer:
C. meter.
Explanation:
Poetry involves the use of numerous 'elements' that enables a poet to express words for the reader's better understanding of the emotions and feelings. These elements include features such as meter, rhyme, rhythm, diction, form, sound, etc.
Meter is one element of poetry that is the rhythmic structure of the lines in a poem. It is the pattern of the stressed and unstressed syllables of the words in the line of poetry. And there are different forms of the meter such as iambic, dactyl, anapestic, or trochaic.
