"Nowhere was there a trace of Belkis, Ada, Gladys, or any of my Dominican tias-a good sign, I thought, that I
sounded 'so American." (Paragraph 2)
How does this sentence best help the reader
understand the author's growth as a writer?
1. It shows how the author pushed herself to learn
and change as a writer at an early age.
2. It demonstrates the value of imitating other
writers before attempting to write in an original
style,
03. It tells how the author avoided her cultural
background in her early writing instead of
embracing it
O 4. It implies that removing all personal references
in writing is a defining characteristic of the
modern era