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Read the excerpt from Amy Tan’s essay "Mother Tongue."
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s "limited" English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect.
What is the purpose of this text?
A. to inform readers based on Tan’s childhood experience
B. to persuade readers to speak a different way
C. to inform readers of Tan’s mother’s feelings
D. to persuade readers that Tan’s mother is intelligent
Answer:
The purpose of this text is A. to inform readers based on Tan’s childhood experience .
Explanation:
At no point does the author try to convince her readers to speak in a different way. She does not talk about her mother's feelings in this passage. Also, she is not trying to convince readers that her mother is intelligent, she is simply stating that she misjudged her own mother because of the way she talked. The purpose of this passage is to provide readers with information concerning her childhood that led Tan to reflect on how language affected her view of her mother. As she was growing up, Tan associated her mother's broken English with broken thoughts - imperfect, incomplete thoughts. The author is, however, admitting that this was a limited perception, that her mother's English was not a representation of her capacity for reasoning.
