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Read the excerpt from “First Generation” of Dreaming in Cuban, by Cristina Garcia.

She considers the vagaries of sports, the happenstance of El Líder, a star pitcher in his youth, narrowly missing a baseball career in America. His wicked curveball attracted the major league scouts, and the Washington Senators were interested in signing him but changed their minds. Frustrated, El Líder went home, rested his pitching arm, and started a revolution in the mountains.

Which best explains how Garcia’s word choice helps establish her voice in the excerpt?

Garcia uses short, forceful words to assert a pessimistic opinion on fate.

Garcia uses formal, academic language and location words to suggest a theory about fate.

Garcia uses American baseball terminology to suggest fate’s defeat.

Garcia uses words with positive connotations to suggest an optimistic outlook on fate.

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The second choice best applies to the given excerpt. First, it can be noted from this excerpt that the writer wants to convey a pessimistic view of fate. With that, the last choice will not apply to the paragraph anymore. The second and third choices do not apply as well because all words used were neither jargon nor difficult. Rather the words and phrases used like, "interested...but changed their minds", "frustrated", and "revolution in the mountains", were easy to grasp and quickly conveys how a possibly bright future has turned into a sour one. 

The  best explains how Garcia’s word choice helps establish her voice in the excerpt is Garcia uses formal, academic language and location words to suggest a theory about fate.

What was context of Garcia’s excerpt?

To start with, it tends to be noted from this selection that the author needs to convey a negative perspective on destiny.

It's difficult to peruse the passage and end up without a positive impression of El Lier. She finishes strong expressing that he proceeded to begin an unrest in the mountains.

Maybe the words and expressions utilized like, interested but adjusted their perspectives, disappointed, and transformation in the mountains, were not difficult to get a handle on and rapidly conveys how a potentially splendid future has transformed into an acrid one.

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