What can you predict about the poem by previewing the title, subtitle, and first line of the poem “In Response to Executive Order 9066”?
It will be a letter to the Japanese-American citizens in which they are told they must leave their homes.
It will be a letter to the people who sent the order for Japanese-American internment.
It will be a letter to the speaker’s friends who she must leave behind.
It will be a letter to the speaker’s Japanese-American parents.
B
Why might the speaker in "In Response to Executive Order 9066" have chosen tomato seeds as a gift?
The tomato seeds symbolize where the speaker is going, which will serve as a reminder to Denise to visit her.
The speaker selected tomato seeds because the color red is a symbol of her anger towards Denise.
Denise's hostility could end their friendship, but the speaker responds with a symbol of new beginnings.
The speaker's favorite food is tomatoes, so the seeds represent the happiness she feels for moving away from Denise.
C
Both are right.
To predict what can be inferred about the poem from the title, subtitle, and first line of "In Response to Executive Order 9066," one can analyze the provided options.
Option A suggests that the poem will be a letter to Japanese-American citizens informing them that they must leave their homes. This option aligns with the mention of an "Executive Order" in the title and suggests that the poem responds to the displacement of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
Option B proposes that the poem will be a letter to the people who issued the order for Japanese-American internment. While this option acknowledges the role of the executive order, it does not specifically address the displacement of citizens nor the content of the poem.
Option C speculates that the poem will be a letter to the speaker's friends whom she must leave behind. This option is plausible since the title suggests a response to an executive order, but there is no explicit information in the title, subtitle, or first line that specifically references the speaker's friends.
Option D suggests that the poem will be a letter to the speaker's Japanese-American parents. However, there is no indication in the title, subtitle, or first line that mentions the speaker's parents specifically.
Based on the options provided, the most plausible prediction about the poem is that it will be a letter to Japanese-American citizens informing them that they must leave their homes (Option A).
Moving on to the second question regarding the significance of the speaker choosing tomato seeds as a gift in "In Response to Executive Order 9066," we can analyze the provided options.
Option A states that the tomato seeds symbolize where the speaker is going, serving as a reminder for Denise to visit her. However, there is no clear evidence in the poem's context suggesting this interpretation.
Option B proposes that the speaker selected tomato seeds because the color red symbolizes her anger towards Denise. Again, there is no explicit mention of anger towards Denise in the title, subtitle, or first line.
Option C suggests that Denise's hostility could potentially end their friendship but the speaker responds with a symbol of new beginnings. This option aligns with the idea of using tomato seeds as a symbol but lacks direct evidence from the title, subtitle, or first line.
Option D asserts that the speaker's favorite food is tomatoes, and the seeds represent the happiness she feels for moving away from Denise. However, there is no mention of moving away from Denise in the given information.
Considering the options provided, option C is the most reasonable prediction. The speaker's gift of tomato seeds could symbolize new beginnings, potentially in response to Denise's hostility. However, it is important to note that further analysis of the entire poem would be necessary to fully understand the speaker's intention behind the gift of tomato seeds.