Iam 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.

based on the imagery in the passage, how does the speaker feel when she is speaking spanish?
different from other americans
proud and expressive
homesick for her home country
displaced in america

Proud and Expressive!

Explanation: He/She shows feelings of proudness ''the language of garlic and mangoes,  

the singing in my poetry, the flying gestures of my hands''.

use the headings to create an overview of the main points.

eli whitney was an american inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. this was one of the key inventions of the industrial revolution and shaped the economy of the antebellum south.