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Read the excerpt from "Speaking Arabic."
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51:04
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 helps establish her voice in the excerpt?
Nye uses short, forceful words to support her opinion that an American heritage is limited and mechanical.
Nye describes a neighborhood fair to support her opinion that the idea of an American heritage does not exist.
Nye creates a powerful image of trees to support her opinion that living among a variety of cultures is an American
heritage.
O Nye directly quotes something she heard in order to express her distress over a lack of American heritage.
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In the excerpt from "Speaking Arabic," Naomi Shihab Nye uses her word choice to establish her voice by creating a powerful image that conveys her message. Let's break down the options to understand which one best explains this:

1. Nye uses short, forceful words to support her opinion that an American heritage is limited and mechanical.
This option doesn't align with the excerpt because the focus is not on American heritage being limited or mechanical.

2. Nye describes a neighborhood fair to support her opinion that the idea of an American heritage does not exist.
This option is not the best explanation because Nye's focus is not on the non-existence of American heritage but rather on the longing for a heritage.

3. Nye creates a powerful image of trees to support her opinion that living among a variety of cultures is an American heritage.
This option accurately captures the essence of the excerpt. Nye uses the image of tall American trees hanging over the young man to symbolize living among a variety of cultures as an American heritage.

4. Nye directly quotes something she heard in order to express her distress over a lack of American heritage.
While Nye does include a direct quote in the excerpt, the distress is not specifically about a lack of American heritage but more about the longing for a heritage in general.

Therefore, option 3 is the best explanation of how Nye's word choice helps establish her voice in the excerpt. It highlights the imagery of the trees to convey the idea of embracing a diverse cultural heritage as an American experience.