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8 October, 23:18

Read the passage from "Child of the Americas."

An immigrant and the daughter and granddaughter of immigrants.

I speak English with passion: it's the tongue of my consciousness,

a flashing knife blade of crystal, my tool, my craft.

In this passage, what is the speaker's relationship with the English language?

A. She prefers Spanish to English because her relatives spoke Spanish.

B. She uses it naturally and with great skill because it is a part of her heritage.

C. She feels that it represents a culture that has mistreated immigrants.

D. She is not comfortable with it because it is not her first language.