2Which quotation from "First Love" by Judith Ortiz Cofer best refines the theme that love does not come easily to everyone?


“I believed myself still invisible to him in ‘nothing’ status as I looked upon my beloved.”

“…as we stood chanting our farewells in Latin, he looked straight across the room and into my eyes!”

“My secret love sat across the room from me looking supremely bored.”

“…I had, of course, in the great tradition of tragic romance, chosen to love a boy who was totally out of my reach.”


3Describing her feelings right after her first kiss in "First Love," Judith Ortiz Cofer writes, "My cells were tuning up like musicians in an orchestra, and my heart was a chorus. It was an opera I was composing,..."

How does the colorful figure of speech in this sentence affect the text?


It shows that Judith is thinking about herself, not about the boy.

It reminds the reader that music can be as beautiful as love.

It highlights the fact that Judith has always been a music lover.

It helps the reader feel the joy of love along with Judith.



5What is the effect of Judith Ortiz Cofer's choice to write "First Love" as a work of narrative nonfiction?


It allows her to convey important truths and heartfelt ideas in ways that writing a work of fiction or a poem would not allow.

It allows her to shift the burden of interpreting or understanding the meaning of the piece onto the reader, rather than having to spell it out as she would have had to do otherwise.

It allows her to use the engaging elements of fiction, such as dialogue, characterization, and a plot that builds to a climax, while telling a compelling and relatable true story.

It allows her to avoid the pitfalls associated with fiction, such as plot holes and unevent characters, while telling a story that she invented as a young woman.