4.how does the author’s decision to use her own memories as the exposition in “first love” affect the text?

a. it builds suspense because the reader wonders how this experience led to the author’s later attitudes about love and relationships.

b. it illustrates her idea that a person’s first romantic relationship often serves as a pattern that later romantic relationships will also follow.

c. it allows her to relate her state of mind at age 14 and, thereby, lay the foundation for the events and conflict that follows.

d. it provides a personal perspective that keeps the text from becoming too analytical or boring.