The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria

Cofer uses all of the following in this passage except...

• a. irony

• b. figurative language

• c. appeal to authority

• d. objective reporting

• e. allusion

What is the purpose of paragraph 12?

• a. to introduce a new idea

• b. to contrast with Cofer's personal experience

• c. to comment on an exception to Cofer's argument

• d. to support a point made in the previous paragraph

• e. to present a counterargument

Paragraph 13 contains each of the following except...

• a. parallel diction

• b. a sentence fragment

• c. subjective description

• d. sarcasm

• e. a periodic sentence

The incident at the poetry reading illustrates which of the following?

I. Cofer's self-discipline

II. the lack of appreciation most people have for poetry

III. the lasting impact of stereotyping

• a. I only

• b. III only

• c. I and II only

• d. I and III only

• e. I, II, and III only

What is the primary rhetorical function of the sentence "Yet I am one of the lucky ones," which introduces paragraph 14?

• a. to reinforce that Cofer is an expert on this subject

• b. to challenge the examples that Cofer has presented in previous paragraphs

• c. to present a misconception that Cofer will clarify in her conclusion

• d. to suggest that the general case is worse than the specific examples Cofer has related

• e. to introduce another of Cofer personal experiences

All of the following reinforce the author's thesis except...

• a. "work as domestics, waitressing, and factory jobs are all that's available to women with little English and few skills" (par.11)

• b. "She says her doctor still shakes his head in puzzled amazement at all the 'big words' she uses" (par. 12)

• c. "Easy enough to mistake my poems for menus, I suppose" (par. 13)

• d. "I travel a lot around the United States, reading from my books of poetry and my novel, and the reception I most often receive is one of positive interest by people who want to know more about my culture" (par. 14)

• e. "The transformation, as I see it, has to occur at a much more individual level" (par. 14)

The poem at the end of the excerpt serves primarily to...

• a. soften the criticisms Cofer has made

• b. emphasize the inequities Cofer has revealed

• c. broaden the main point Cofer has made

• d. strengthen Cofer's credibility by attesting to her religious beliefs

• e. show that Cofer can write in several modes

The author's tone in this excerpt can best be described as...

• a. humorous sarcasm

• b. modulated anger

• c. cynical indifference

• d. defensive aggression

• e. contemptous hostility