Which strategy would best help Pierre understand the excerpt? a) relating the sentence to personal experience

b) slowing down to break up the long sentence

c) looking up unfamiliar words in the sentence

d)reading the sentence out loud

option c: looking up unfamiliar words in the sentence

Explanation:

From the excerpt looking at the aspect of Pierre who is a  student who does not understand the sentence from Cristina Garcia's Dreaming in Cuban., the best method to use is by looking up unfamiliar words in the sentence. Pierre can look up unfamiliar words with the using of the dictionary. looking up simply means searching for a  piece of information or the meaning of a word with from the dictionary or from a book. unfamiliar words are usually words we have not heard before, or used before. searching for their meaning will give Pierre a better understanding of the excerpt.

the correct answer is:   [d]:

              →       " fond of fighting " .

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