Read the excerpt from david foster wallace’s infinite jest. i have committed to crossing my legs i hope carefully, ankle on knee, hands together in the lap of my slacks. my fingers are mated into a mirrored series of what manifests, to me, as the letter x. the interview room’s other personnel include: the university’s director of composition, its varsity tennis coach, and academy prorector mr. a. delint. c. t. is beside me; the others sit, stand and stand, respectively, at the periphery of my focus. the tennis coach jingles pocket-change. which of the following best describes the point of view in this excerpt? a. this excerpt uses first-person—the reader is led through the story by a character who is in the story and uses the pronouns “i” or “me.” b. this excerpt uses third-person limited—the narrator is outside the story and only reveals the thoughts and feelings of one character. c. this excerpt uses third-person—the reader is led through the story by a narrator who is outside the story, describing the action and characters. d. this excerpt uses objective point of view—the narrator is outside the story and describes what is seen and heard about the other characters.

A) This excerpt uses first-person—the reader is led through the story by a character who is in the story and uses the pronouns “I” or “me.”

Explanation: Point of view is the angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation. In literature, point of view is the mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers “hear” and “see” what takes place in a story, poem, or essay. In the given excerpt from David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest, we can see an example of a first-person point of view, because the speaker uses the pronouns "I" or "me."

the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.

- "the answers are a and b.  

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."