why did mirikatani choose to use the word “japs” in the third line of this excerpt from “attack the water”?
that is how she and her family referred to themselves. she needed fewer syllables to fit the rhythm of the poem. that was the derogatory term that others called her family. she wanted the poem to be an accurate portrayal of her family.
This would be C. Back in World War II, this is what the enemies of the Japanese would call them, therefore being the derogatory term that others called her family. The words "japs" is basically a racial slang used in World War II.
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Which term below is the literary term for the technique authors use to stimulate one or more of the reader's five senses? a tone b personification c imagery d rhyme