Question

Which excerpt from “Child of the Americas” contains imagery that expresses how language becomes part of the speaker’s physical identity? I am new. History made me. Europe lives in me, but I have no home there. My first language was spanglish. I was born at the crossroads Spanish is in my flesh, ripples from my tongue, lodges in my hips:

Answer 1

Answer:

d

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Spanish is in my flesh, ripples from my tongue, lodges in my hips:

Explanation:

Imagery is the figure of speech that promotes an increase in the physical perception of the reader, in relation to the text. This perception is related to the activation of the five sensory senses, which the imagery wishes to itemize, making the reader have a real feeling about something.

An example of this can be seen in the question above, where the phrase "Spanish is in my flesh, ripples from my tongue, lodges in my hips" stimulates the reader's ability to "feel" and shows that language becomes part of identity speaker's physics.