Answer: C) “I’m a person who couldn’t ride a public bus when she first arrived, and now I’m someone who watches tractor pulls on obscure cable channels.”
Explanation:
When using satire for humour, one uses ironies, reversals, exaggeration and ridicule in such a way that the situation is funny in its unexpectedness.
In this excerpt, the woman could not do such a simple American thing as riding a public bus but she is now so in tune with American culture that she watches tractor pulls on obscure cable channels.
This reversal in situation shows satire as when she first came to the US, she would not have expected to be doing such things as watching tractor pulls in the future.
Answer:
major problems facing your country and suggesting ways of solving them
Answer: Verb
The phrase "received much acclaim and many prestigious awards" is the complete predicate of the sentence presented. The word "received" is a verb because it is an action word. The predicate is not one of the parts of speech however, it is one of the parts of a sentence.