Pierre is a student who does not understand the following sentence from Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban. Lourdes buys a round box of sticky dates and considers the centuries of fratricide converging on this street corner in Brooklyn. She ponders the transmigrations from the southern latitudes, the millions moving north. Which strategy would best help Pierre understand the excerpt?

looking up unfamiliar words in the sentence

Explanation:

The "Dreaming in Cuban" was a famous novel written by the author named,  Cristina García,. It was her first novel. This book was nominated for the National Book Award, where she was the finalist.

The book "Dreaming in Cuban" was about the the lives of a three generation of women of a family in the Cuba and the United States.

In the context, Pierre is finding difficulty in understanding the excerpt taken from the novel. So the best strategy for Pierre to understand the sentences from the excerpt is to look up for the unfamiliar words given in the sentence and see their meaning and explanations. When Pierre will understand the meaning of the unfamiliar words, she will understand the sentences.

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

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