Read the passage from “child of the americas.” an immigrant and the daughter and granddaughter of immigrants. i speak english with passion: it’s the tongue of my consciousness, a flashing knife blade of crystal, my tool, my craft. in this passage, what is the speaker’s relationship with the english language? a. she prefers spanish to english because her relatives spoke spanish. b. she uses it naturally and with great skill because it is a part of her heritage. c. she feels that it represents a culture that has mistreated immigrants. d. she is not comfortable with it because it is not her first language.

B.She uses it naturally and with great skill because it is a part of her heritage.

The author explains that for her, English is the "tongue of her consciousness." This means that her thoughts are mostly expressed in English. Moreover, she tells us that the language is her "tool" and her "craft," which establishes the idea of English being her language of choice. These details point towards the fact that the author uses English naturally and with great skill.

since he could see color, and nobody else could, he didn't find it fair that everyone else in the utopia couldn't see color but him and the giver : d

english novelist and poet, the eldest of the three brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of english literature.

she enlisted in school at roe head in january 1831, aged 14 years. she left the year after to teach her sisters, emily and anne, at home, returning in 1835 as a governess. in 1839 she undertook the role as governess for the sidgwick family, but left after a few months to return to haworth where the sisters opened a school, but failed to attract pupils. instead they turned to writing and they each first published in 1846 under the pseudonyms of currer, ellis and acton bell. her first novel the professor was rejected by publishers, her second novel jane eyre was published in 1847. the sisters admitted to their bell pseudonyms in 1848, and by the following year were celebrated in london literary circles.

brontë experienced the early deaths of all her siblings. she became pregnant shortly after her marriage in june 1854 but died on 31 march 1855, almost certainly from hyperemesis gravidarum, a complication of pregnancy which causes excessive nausea and vomiting.

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