Reread lines 6-7 "the survivor." determine how the tone of these differs from the preceding lines (1-5)

In poem "The Survivor" by Marilyn Chin, the lines 1-5 appears as if the narrator is addressing actions that would be considered bad behavior, but the tone changes in lines 6-7 when she mentions "that your skin is yellow, not white, not black,/ that you were born not a boy-child but a girl," meaning that she is addressing her identity as an Asian girl.

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.