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Read the passage from "child of the americas." i am caribeña, island grown. spanish is in my flesh, ripples from my tongue, lodges in my hips: the language of garlic and mangoes, the singing in my poetry, the flying gestures of my hands. the words "garlic and mangoes" in this passage are

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Answer:  sensory images illustrating the speaker’s island heritage

Explanation:

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The words "garlic and mangoes" in this passage are sensory images that demonstrate the heritage of the speaker’s island.

What are sensory images?

In literature, sensory images are images that a triggered by certain words by the use of literary devices of the author which serve to keep the reader engaged in a very graphic way.

Hence, The words "garlic and mangoes" in this passage are sensory images that demonstrate the heritage of the speaker’s island.

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