My black face fades,
hiding inside the black granite.
I said I wouldn't
dammit: No tears.
I'm stone. I'm flesh.
-"Facing It," Yusef Komunyakaa
How do the authors use structure in these
passages to create conflict and tension? Check all
of the boxes that are correct.
Both authors create tension and conflict in
the confusing thoughts they experience.
Both authors express true emotional tension
through fiction.
Both authors create tension by using few
words to depict action.
Both authors convey the effects of the
Vietnam War on those who experienced it.
All I could do was gape at the fact of the
young man's body.
Even now I haven't finished sorting it out.
Sometimes I forgive myself, other times I
don't.
DONE
Intro