English 6–12
For Testing until 12/31/2023
Question 21 of 30
Competency 4—Knowledge of a wide range of fiction, nonfiction, and informational texts
DIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response.
Read the excerpt and answer the question below.
On the day of my first public poetry reading . . . in Miami . . . an older woman motioned me to her table. Thinking (foolish me) that she wanted me to autograph a copy of my brand new slender volume of verse, I went over. She ordered a cup of coffee from me, assuming that I was the waitress.
From "The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria," by Judith Ortiz Cofer. In The Riverside Reader (p. 50), by Joseph F. Trimmer and Maxine Hairston, 2002, Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Which literary device is used in this excerpt?
- Enter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expanded
- Correct Response: A.