What is the effect of the author's choice to tell this story in the present tense?
the present tense allows the author to describe the events of the story more accurately.
using the present tense makes the descriptions of the setting more vivid.
it gives the story a sense of immediacy and urgency.
it makes the story seem more emotional.
(the story is called rescue mission)
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Using the present tense makes the descriptions of the setting more vivid.

Explanation: the author chose the present tense to make the narrative appear more vividly by assimilating it to the here-and-now of the speech act.

i would say c, admiration because the narrator related to the main character and she, too, once felt ashamed about her culture and wished to be an american girl to impress a boy. she felt admiration because her mom prepared her favorite foods when her and robert's (the guy she liked) family all came together and had a family reunion.

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