3.4.3 Test (CST): Wrap-Up: Fractured Identities
Question 10 of 20
Read these lines from the poem "Facing.It" by Yusef Komunyakaa:
A white vet's image floats
close to me, then his pale eyes
look through mine. I'm a window.
He's lost his right arm
inside the stone. In the black mirror
a woman's trying to erase names:
No, she's brushing a boy's hair.
Which sentence best describes one effect of the poet's use of figurative
language in this excerpt?
A. It attributes human qualities to the wall to emphasize how it
brings together people from all walks of life.
OB. It gives the speaker the quality of empathy to show that he is open
to the pain of other Vietnam veterans.
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