Read the excerpt from "Speaking Arabic."
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 text structure helps establish her voice in the excerpt?
O Nye relates a story about something she heard to emphasize the point she wants to make about heritage.
O Nye compares her
experience to a stranger's experience to express her ideas about the importance of heritage.
O Nye lists food booths at a neighborhood
fair in Texas to make a statement about diverse foods in America.
O Nye uses a cause-and-
effect format to show how heritage can limit a person's cultural diversity.