Read the passage closely. at school everyone made fun of the thick black-bread sandwiches the duvitch boys ate for lunch. and the girls stared and pointed at their boiled-out, ragpickers’ clothes, obviously salvaged from the dump on the outskirts of town. which best identifies the effect of the author's use of hyperbole in "the strangers that came to town"? a. it the reader visualize the author's prejudices against the duvitch family. b. it makes the language more confusing to the reader. c. it makes the story funny. d. it makes the story more exciting and adventurous. branliest answer

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.