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Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this narrative.Read this excerpt from “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan.
I’ve heard other terms used, "limited English," for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s "limited" English limited my perception of her.
How does this detail develop the central idea?
A. It reveals Tan’s reflections on judging her own mother because of her English.
B. It depicts why so many people struggle to learn standard English.
C. It conveys what her mother did to improve her limited English.
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Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this narrative.
Read this excerpt from "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan.
But it wasn’t until 1985 that I finally began to write fiction. And at first I wrote using what I thought to be wittily crafted sentences, sentences that would finally prove I had mastery over the English language. Here’s an example from the first draft of a story that later made its way into The Joy Luck Club, but without this line: “That was my mental quandary in its nascent state.” A terrible line, which I can barely pronounce.
How does this paragraph from "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan help to develop one of the author’s key ideas about language?
A. It shows that using complex words does not necessarily make one's language clearer or more understandable.
B. It shows that even accomplished authors never truly master language .
It gives a description of the author’s current feelings about her mother.
Part A: The given detail about his mother's"limited English"revealsTan's reflectionsonjudgingher ownmotherbecause of herEnglish.Part B: The given paragraph shows that usingcomplexwordsdoes not necessarily make one'slanguage cleareror moreunderstandable.Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue"delves into the difficulties that immigrants faced, especially in theirlanguageskills, when coming to America and attempting to live as an American. In the particular story, she focuses on how she had perceived her mother's use and adaptation of the language.In the first excerpt,Amy Tandelves into how she had 'judged' her mother's usage of theAmerican language.She admits that her"mother's limited English limited [her] perception of her."This revealsTan's reflectionson how she judged her own mother because of her "limited"English speaking skills.Also, the second excerpt focuses on her writing and how she had usedcomplex wordsthinking it's what makes them better orunderstandable.Talking about her first draft where she used a"terrible line", she expressed her realization that usingcomplex wordsdoes not necessarily make one'slanguage cleareror moreunderstandable.Amy Tantalks of how one's"limited"knowledge of theEnglish languageled to her ownperceptionsabout her mother. And through trying to show through her work that she's better than her mother, she realized that usingcomplex or difficult Englishwordsdoes not necessarily mean that person is good in English. Thus, thecorrect answers are options A for both Part A and Part B.Learn more about "Mother Tongue" here:brainly.com/question/17677735...