Read the excerpt from "Mother Tongue." be
Lately, I've been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it
to people as "broken" or "fractured" English. But I wince when I say that. It has always bothered me that I can
think of no other way to describe it other than "broken," as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it
lacked a certain wholeness and soundness.
How does Tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt?
O Tan discusses her thoughts about language to build the idea that the English language does not have words to
match some Chinese terms.
O Tan discusses her relationship with her mother to build the idea that mothers and daughters in all cultures often
have misunderstandings.
Tan discusses her mother's use of English to build the idea that a form of language can be purposeful and
meaningful even if it is nonstandard.
Tan discusses the English language to build the idea that there is a lack of appropriate synonyms for the word
"broken."

What is the theme in “letter from birmingham jail”? how does the theme emerge and develop over the course of the text? use evidence from the text to support your response. your response should be at least two complete paragraphs

Should be used when you want to make abstract ideas more concrete, and can be both real and hypothetical. be sure they are credible and relevant to your topic. a. examples b. narrations c. testimonies d. statistics

Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich: her attitude towards him and his diseases is still the same. just as the doctor had adopted a certain relation to his patient which he could not abandon, so had she formed one towards him—that he was not doing something he ought to do and was himself to blame, and that she reproached him lovingly for this—and she could not now change that attitude. "you see he doesn't listen to me and doesn't take his medicine at the proper time. and above all he lies in a position that is no doubt bad for him—with his legs up." she described how he made gerasim hold his legs up. the doctor smiled with a contemptuous affability that said: "what's to be done? these sick people do have foolish fancies of that kind, but we must forgive them. . " they all rose, said good-night, and went away. when they had gone it seemed to ivan ilyich that he felt better; the falsity had gone with them. but the pain remained—that same pain and that same fear that made everything monotonously alike, nothing harder and nothing easier. everything was worse. again minute followed minute and hour followed hour. everything remained the same and there was no cessation. and the inevitable end of it all became more and more terrible. based on the excerpt, how is praskovya fedorovna a character foil to ivan ilyich? a. she is kind and takes care of ivan, which is why he feels guilty about how he treated her for most of their married life. b. she is vindictive toward ivan while pretending to be worried about him, thus reminding him of how his family has never forgiven him. c. she plays the part of the worried wife without any real feeling, symbolizing the false propriety ivan upheld but now hates. d. she is young, healthy, and beautiful—everything ivan can never be again and wishes he could return to. reset next