Question

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 garcias 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 fates defeat.
• garcia uses words with positive connotations to suggest an optimistic outlook on fate.

Explanation:

The excerpt uses baseball terms like "star pitcher", "wicked curveball", and "major league scouts" to describe El Líder's lost chance at an American baseball career. This dashed opportunity (fate's intervention) leads him to start a revolution, framing the missed career as a defeat of the fate that would have kept him in baseball. The other options are incorrect: the language is not short/forceful or pessimistic overall, not formal/academic, and words like "frustrated" and "narrowly missing" do not carry positive connotations for an optimistic outlook.

Answer:

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