Read the excerpt from “speaking arabic.” at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom-pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, “i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel—so lonely for one.” and the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head. which best explains how nye’s word choice establish her voice in the excerpt? 1. nye uses short, forceful words to support her opinion that an american heritage is limited and mechanical. 2. nye describes a neighborhood fair to support her opinion that the idea of an american heritage does not exist. 3. nye creates a powerful image of trees to support her opinion that living among a variety of cultures is an american heritage. 4. nye directly quotes something she heard in order to express her distress over a lack of american heritage

Answer :

Cambridge English Dictionary defines "heritage" as "features belonging to the culture of a particular society, such as traditions, languages, or buildings, that were created in the past and still have historical importance."

Cambridge English Dictionary defines "culture" as "the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a particular time."

According to Nye, an American heritage comprises a variety of cultures. In this passage from "Speaking Arabic" the "German Oom-pah Sausage Stand and the Mexican Gorditas booth" have been used to show the multi-cultural identity of America.

The following option best explains how Nye’s word choice helps establish her voice in the excerpt :

3. Nye creates a powerful image of trees to support her opinion that living among a variety of cultures is an American heritage.

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.

the answer is five curious-looking beans