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What inference can be made about the grandmother’s point of view in this excerpt?
- Answer: She wants to preserve her family’s Mexican culture even though she no longer lives in Mexico.
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Which type of rhetoric is used most in this excerpt to convince readers of the author’s point of view?
- Answer: an appeal to logic
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Which reading strategy would most help in comprehending the sentence?
- Answer: breaking it up into shorter sentences and phrases
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Which best describes the irony in this excerpt?
- Answer: After worrying about marrying a woman from a different culture, the narrator learns that her family is a lot like his own.
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Which element of cultural heritage is revealed in this excerpt?
- Answer: folklore
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The items listed in this excerpt symbolize
- Answer: the traditions and customs of the speaker’s native land.
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What best summarizes the central idea of the passage from "How the Internet and Other Technologies Came About"?
- Answer: Technological advancement is a side effect of military efforts to win wars.
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This statement uses what type of evidence to support a claim that a universal health care system is desirable?
- Answer: an anecdote to illustrate a specific example
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Which best states how the structures of the excerpts are similar?
- Answer: Each relates an anecdote to appeal to the reader’s emotions.
An effective thesis statement establishes the focus of a compare-and-contrast essay by
immediately relating important supporting details and information to the audience.
orienting and engaging the audience as well as setting the tone for the piece.
addressing any possible counter arguments against the piece’s main claim.
providing the writer’s viewpoint and two reasons why the argument is valid.
Read the excerpt from Gary Soto’s story "Like Mexicans."
My grandmother gave me bad advice and good advice when I was in my early teens. For the bad advice, she said that I should become a barber because they made good money and listened to the radio all day. “Honey, they don’t work como burros,” she would say every time I visited her. She made the sound of donkeys braying. “Like that, honey!” For the good advice, she said that I should marry a Mexican girl. “No Okies, hijo”—she would say— “Look, my son. He marry one and they fight every day about I don’t know what and I don’t know what.” For her, everyone who wasn’t Mexican, black, or Asian were Okies. The French were Okies, the Italians in suits were Okies. . . . she lectured me on the virtues of the Mexican girl.
What inference can be made about the grandmother’s point of view in this excerpt?
She is eager to assimilate herself and her family into mainstream US culture.
She is unwilling to embrace any aspect of multiculturalism because she detests US culture.
She wants to preserve her family’s Mexican culture even though she no longer lives in Mexico.
She believes that marrying an “Okie” is equivalent to ruining any prospects of financial success.
Read the excerpt from “How the Internet and Other Technologies Came About.”
In a scenario of two dazed boxers lying flat on their backs, slowly regaining consciousness, the winner of World War III would be that country which could stand on its feet first (and so go on to win World War VI). Therefore, the pentagon’s priority was to provide scientists with a way to rebuild the country as fast as possible, unimpeded by unnecessary restrictions.
Which type of rhetoric is used most in this excerpt to convince readers of the author’s point of view?
an appeal to logic
an appeal to the author’s character
an appeal to emotion
an appeal to ethics
Read the excerpt from "How the Internet and Other Technologies Came About."
Because most cities would no longer exist, messages would have to be broken up into pieces, scattered throughout the system, moved around cities that no longer existed, and then reassembled at the destination. ARPA combined these ideas with an existing system to create what is now called e-mail.
Which reading strategy would most help in comprehending the sentence?
breaking it up into shorter sentences and phrases
looking up the longer words
relating the content to personal experience
rewriting each line by hand
Read the excerpt from Gary Soto’s story "Like Mexicans."
We talked for an hour and had apple pie and coffee, slowly. Finally, we got up with Carolyn taking my hand. Slightly embarrassed, I tried to pull away but her grip held me. I let her have her way as she led me down the hallway with her mother right behind me. . . . Carolyn waved again. I looked back, waving . . . . Her people were like Mexicans, only different.
Which best describes the irony in this excerpt?
The narrator is embarrassed about his own Mexican identity even though there is no reason to be.
Carolyn is exactly like a good Mexican girl even though her family is Japanese American.
After worrying about marrying a woman from a different culture, the narrator learns that her family is a lot like his own.
Although the narrator has dreamed about marrying a Mexican girl for most of his life, he finds a Japanese American girl instead.
Read the excerpt from Gary Soto’s story "Like Mexicans."
My grandmother gave me bad advice and good advice when I was in my early teens. For the bad advice, she said that I should become a barber because they made good money and listened to the radio all day. “Honey, they don’t work como burros,” she would say every time I visited her. She made the sound of donkeys braying. “Like that, honey!” For the good advice, she said that I should marry a Mexican girl. “No Okies, hijo”—she would say— “Look, my son. He marry one and they fight every day about I don’t know what and I don’t know what.”
Which element of cultural heritage is revealed in this excerpt?
art
religion
folklore
language
Read the excerpt from Julia Ortiz Cofer’s poem "El Olvido."
It is dangerous
to spurn the clothes you were born to wear
for the sake of fashion; dangerous
to use weapons and sharp instruments
you are not familiar with; dangerous
to disdain the plaster saints
before which your mother kneels
praying with embarrassing fervor
that you survive in the place you have chosen to live:
The items listed in this excerpt symbolize
the ways of life that are unfamiliar to the speaker.
the fervent religious beliefs of the speaker’s mother.
the speaker’s desire to forget embarrassing traditions.
the traditions and customs of the speaker’s native land.
What best summarizes the central idea of the passage from "How the Internet and Other Technologies Came About"?
Technological advancement is a side effect of military efforts to win wars.
Technological advancement is a side effect of academic competition between countries.
Technological advancement is a side effect of economic competition between countries.
Technological advancement is a side effect of profit-driven corporations.
Read the statement.
Because she didn’t have health insurance, my Auntie Gloria’s diabetes went untreated for a number of years; this led to more extensive and serious health problems.
This statement uses what type of evidence to support a claim that a universal health care system is desirable?
a statistic that appeals to the reader’s sense of logic
a comparison of something familiar and unfamiliar
a survey to show the extent of the issue presented
an anecdote to illustrate a specific example
Read the excerpt from “First Generation” of Dreaming in Cuban.
She considers the vagaries of sports, the happenstance of El Líder, a star pitcher in his youth, narrowly missing a baseball career in America. His wicked curveball attracted the major league scouts, and the Washington Senators were interested in signing him but changed their minds. Frustrated, El Líder went home, rested his pitching arm, and started a revolution in the mountains.
Read the excerpt from “Like Mexicans.”
We talked for an hour and had apple pie and coffee, slowly. Finally, we got up with Carolyn taking my hand. Slightly embarrassed, I tried to pull away but her grip held me. I let her have her way as she led me down the hallway with her mother right behind me. . . . Carolyn waved again. I looked, back, waving. . . . Her people were like Mexicans, only different.
Which best states how the structures of the excerpts are similar?
Each relates an anecdote to appeal to the reader’s emotions.
Each presents factual evidence to appeal to the reader’s logic.
Each documents career credentials to appeal to the reader’s ethics.
Each discusses a political event to appeal to the reader’s logic.
5 answers
Read the excerpt from Gary Soto’s short story "Like Mexicans.”
My grandmother gave me bad advice and good advice when I was in my early teens. For the bad advice, she said that I should become a barber because they made good money and listened to the radio all day. “Honey, they don’t work como burros,” she would say every time I visited her. She made the sound of donkeys braying. “Like that, honey!” For the good advice, she said that I should marry a Mexican girl. “No Okies, hijo”—she would say— “Look, my son. He marry one and they fight every day about I don’t know what and I don’t know what.” For her, everyone who wasn’t Mexican, black, or Asian were Okies. The French were Okies, the Italians in suits were Okies. . . . she lectured me on the virtues of the Mexican girl.
The complex narrative structure used in the excerpt is an example of
unconventional text features.
several narrators being used.
establishing a work of fiction that is based on nonfiction.
the chronological order of events being manipulated.
Read the excerpt from "Like Mexicans."
We had lunch: sandwiches, potato chips, and iced tea. Carolyn and her mother talked mostly about neighbors and the congregation at the Japanese Methodist Church in West Fresno. Her father, who was in khaki work clothes, excused himself with a wave that was almost a salute and went outside. I heard a truck start, a dog bark, and the truck rattle away.
How does Soto build a central idea of his story in the excerpt?
By showing how Carolyn’s family lives in a way that is strange to him, Soto supports the idea that culture causes conflict between people.
By showing how Carolyn’s family lives in a way that is boring to him, Soto supports the idea that people from different cultures do not share interests.
By showing how Carolyn’s family lives in a way that is familiar to him, Soto supports the idea that people from different cultures can also share a culture.
By showing how Carolyn’s family lives in a way that is similar to him, Soto supports the idea that there are very few differences among cultures.
Read the excerpt from Julia Ortiz Cofer’s poem "El Olvido."
It is a dangerous thing
to forget the climate of your birthplace,
to choke out the voices of dead relatives
when in dreams they call you
by your secret name.
Which statement best expresses Cofer’s point?
Although the United States has much to offer, it is a very dangerous place.
Immigrants must remember and preserve their own native cultures.
The voices of dead relatives may enter a person’s dreams at night.
Dead relatives will call people by secret names that no one else knows.
What best summarizes the central idea of the passage from "Like Mexicans"?
People from different ethnicities have a difficult time understanding each other.
People can be of different ethnicities and still have shared life experiences.
People should marry based on shared ethnicity to maintain their own cultures.
People should ignore their ethnicities to develop one common culture.
As you read a potential source for a compare-and-contrast paragraph, you should first assess
its argument’s claims, reasons, and evidence.
the writer’s future publishing plans.
its subjectivity and how it appeals to emotion.
your personal opinion on the subject.
Read the excerpt from “Like Mexicans.”
We talk for an hour and had apple pie and coffee, slowly. Finally, we got up with Carolyn taking my hand. Slightly embarrassed, I tried to pull away but her grip held me. I let her have her way as she led me down the hallway with her mother right behind me. . . . Carolyn waved again. I looked, back, waving. . . . Her people were like Mexicans, only different.
Which best explains how Soto’s text structure helps establish his voice in the excerpt?
Soto compares his experience to his wife’s experience in order to criticize marriage in a multicultural society.
Soto lists a series of events to present guidelines on how to live in a multicultural society.
Soto relates a story from his life to make a point about what it means to live in a multicultural society.
Soto uses a cause-and-effect format to show how a person’s heritage can limit his or her marriage choices.
Read the excerpt from "How the Internet and Other Technologies Came About."
Tanks and submarines were easily simulated, since looking through goggles wasn’t very much different from looking through a pair of binoculars or a periscope. Since the first head-mounted display was built for the Pentagon in 1968, primitive versions of virtual reality have since proliferated to video arcades around the country.
Which information from the excerpt best supports the inference that certain video games resulted from issues related to national security?
There has been a marked increase in war-themed games since the military developed conflict-based simulators.
There has been a marked increase in the development of new forms of entertainment since cuts to military spending have occurred.
There has been a marked increase in virtual reality games since the military developed conflict-based simulators.
There has been a marked increase in new forms of entertainment since the military’s budget was increased.
Read the excerpt from Judith Ortiz Cofer’s poem “El Olvido.”
a bare, cold room with no pictures on the walls,
a forgetting place where she fears you will die
of loneliness and exposure.
Jesús, María, y José, she says,
el olvido is a dangerous thing.
Which strategy would be most helpful in enhancing the reader’s comprehension of the poem?
skimming the lines for familiar words
establishing the meaning of words in English and Spanish
breaking the lines into shorter phrases
rewriting each line by hand
In a compare-and-contrast essay, a strong argument must
contain plenty of emotional and personal language.
provide support in the form of details and relevant facts.
explain why opposite opinions may be perfectly valid.
address all doubts a reader may potentially have.
Read the historical fact to make a text to world connection.
The Cold War (1947-1991) was fought to contain the spread of communism and deter nuclear attack; subsequently it created a stockpiling of arms and munitions.
Then, read the excerpt from Michio Kaku’s book Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century.
There was also a sense of urgency. The Pentagon was worried that the shattered remains of the Soviet Union might be rebuilt before the United States. Following a nuclear war, there would be a race to see who could rebuild their country first. In a scenario of two dazed boxers lying flat on their backs, slowly regaining consciousness, the winner of World War III would be that country which could stand on its feet first (and so go on to win World War IV). Therefore, the Pentagon’s priority was to provide scientists with a way to rebuild the country as fast as possible, unimpeded by unnecessary restrictions.
Which detail from the excerpt of Michio Kaku’s book provides the most cultural context about the Cold War?
There was also a sense of urgency.
The Pentagon was worried that the shattered remains of the Soviet Union might be rebuilt before the United States.
In a scenario of two dazed boxers lying flat on their backs. . . .
The winner of World War III would be that country which could stand on its feet first.
My grandmother gave me bad advice and good advice when I was in my early teens. For the bad advice, she said that I should become a barber because they made good money and listened to the radio all day. “Honey, they don’t work como burros,” she would say every time I visited her. She made the sound of donkeys braying. “Like that, honey!” For the good advice, she said that I should marry a Mexican girl. “No Okies, hijo”—she would say— “Look, my son. He marry one and they fight every day about I don’t know what and I don’t know what.” For her, everyone who wasn’t Mexican, black, or Asian were Okies. The French were Okies, the Italians in suits were Okies. . . . she lectured me on the virtues of the Mexican girl.
The complex narrative structure used in the excerpt is an example of
unconventional text features.
several narrators being used.
establishing a work of fiction that is based on nonfiction.
the chronological order of events being manipulated.
Read the excerpt from "Like Mexicans."
We had lunch: sandwiches, potato chips, and iced tea. Carolyn and her mother talked mostly about neighbors and the congregation at the Japanese Methodist Church in West Fresno. Her father, who was in khaki work clothes, excused himself with a wave that was almost a salute and went outside. I heard a truck start, a dog bark, and the truck rattle away.
How does Soto build a central idea of his story in the excerpt?
By showing how Carolyn’s family lives in a way that is strange to him, Soto supports the idea that culture causes conflict between people.
By showing how Carolyn’s family lives in a way that is boring to him, Soto supports the idea that people from different cultures do not share interests.
By showing how Carolyn’s family lives in a way that is familiar to him, Soto supports the idea that people from different cultures can also share a culture.
By showing how Carolyn’s family lives in a way that is similar to him, Soto supports the idea that there are very few differences among cultures.
Read the excerpt from Julia Ortiz Cofer’s poem "El Olvido."
It is a dangerous thing
to forget the climate of your birthplace,
to choke out the voices of dead relatives
when in dreams they call you
by your secret name.
Which statement best expresses Cofer’s point?
Although the United States has much to offer, it is a very dangerous place.
Immigrants must remember and preserve their own native cultures.
The voices of dead relatives may enter a person’s dreams at night.
Dead relatives will call people by secret names that no one else knows.
What best summarizes the central idea of the passage from "Like Mexicans"?
People from different ethnicities have a difficult time understanding each other.
People can be of different ethnicities and still have shared life experiences.
People should marry based on shared ethnicity to maintain their own cultures.
People should ignore their ethnicities to develop one common culture.
As you read a potential source for a compare-and-contrast paragraph, you should first assess
its argument’s claims, reasons, and evidence.
the writer’s future publishing plans.
its subjectivity and how it appeals to emotion.
your personal opinion on the subject.
Read the excerpt from “Like Mexicans.”
We talk for an hour and had apple pie and coffee, slowly. Finally, we got up with Carolyn taking my hand. Slightly embarrassed, I tried to pull away but her grip held me. I let her have her way as she led me down the hallway with her mother right behind me. . . . Carolyn waved again. I looked, back, waving. . . . Her people were like Mexicans, only different.
Which best explains how Soto’s text structure helps establish his voice in the excerpt?
Soto compares his experience to his wife’s experience in order to criticize marriage in a multicultural society.
Soto lists a series of events to present guidelines on how to live in a multicultural society.
Soto relates a story from his life to make a point about what it means to live in a multicultural society.
Soto uses a cause-and-effect format to show how a person’s heritage can limit his or her marriage choices.
Read the excerpt from "How the Internet and Other Technologies Came About."
Tanks and submarines were easily simulated, since looking through goggles wasn’t very much different from looking through a pair of binoculars or a periscope. Since the first head-mounted display was built for the Pentagon in 1968, primitive versions of virtual reality have since proliferated to video arcades around the country.
Which information from the excerpt best supports the inference that certain video games resulted from issues related to national security?
There has been a marked increase in war-themed games since the military developed conflict-based simulators.
There has been a marked increase in the development of new forms of entertainment since cuts to military spending have occurred.
There has been a marked increase in virtual reality games since the military developed conflict-based simulators.
There has been a marked increase in new forms of entertainment since the military’s budget was increased.
Read the excerpt from Judith Ortiz Cofer’s poem “El Olvido.”
a bare, cold room with no pictures on the walls,
a forgetting place where she fears you will die
of loneliness and exposure.
Jesús, María, y José, she says,
el olvido is a dangerous thing.
Which strategy would be most helpful in enhancing the reader’s comprehension of the poem?
skimming the lines for familiar words
establishing the meaning of words in English and Spanish
breaking the lines into shorter phrases
rewriting each line by hand
In a compare-and-contrast essay, a strong argument must
contain plenty of emotional and personal language.
provide support in the form of details and relevant facts.
explain why opposite opinions may be perfectly valid.
address all doubts a reader may potentially have.
Read the historical fact to make a text to world connection.
The Cold War (1947-1991) was fought to contain the spread of communism and deter nuclear attack; subsequently it created a stockpiling of arms and munitions.
Then, read the excerpt from Michio Kaku’s book Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century.
There was also a sense of urgency. The Pentagon was worried that the shattered remains of the Soviet Union might be rebuilt before the United States. Following a nuclear war, there would be a race to see who could rebuild their country first. In a scenario of two dazed boxers lying flat on their backs, slowly regaining consciousness, the winner of World War III would be that country which could stand on its feet first (and so go on to win World War IV). Therefore, the Pentagon’s priority was to provide scientists with a way to rebuild the country as fast as possible, unimpeded by unnecessary restrictions.
Which detail from the excerpt of Michio Kaku’s book provides the most cultural context about the Cold War?
There was also a sense of urgency.
The Pentagon was worried that the shattered remains of the Soviet Union might be rebuilt before the United States.
In a scenario of two dazed boxers lying flat on their backs. . . .
The winner of World War III would be that country which could stand on its feet first.
Certainly! Here are the answers to your questions based on the provided excerpts:
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The complex narrative structure used in the excerpt is an example of
- Answer: establishing a work of fiction that is based on nonfiction.
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How does Soto build a central idea of his story in the excerpt?
- Answer: By showing how Carolyn’s family lives in a way that is familiar to him, Soto supports the idea that people from different cultures can also share a culture.
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Which statement best expresses Cofer’s point?
- Answer: Immigrants must remember and preserve their own native cultures.
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What best summarizes the central idea of the passage from "Like Mexicans"?
- Answer: People can be of different ethnicities and still have shared life experiences.
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As you read a potential source for a compare-and-contrast paragraph, you should first assess
- Answer: its argument’s claims, reasons, and evidence.
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Which best explains how Soto’s text structure helps establish his voice in the excerpt?
- Answer: Soto relates a story from his life to make a point about what it means to live in a multicultural society.
-
Which information from the excerpt best supports the inference that certain video games resulted from issues related to national security?
- Answer: There has been a marked increase in virtual reality games since the military developed conflict-based simulators.
-
Which strategy would be most helpful in enhancing the reader’s comprehension of the poem?
- Answer: establishing the meaning of words in English and Spanish.
-
In a compare-and-contrast essay, a strong argument must
- Answer: provide support in the form of details and relevant facts.
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Which detail from the excerpt of Michio Kaku’s book provides the most cultural context about the Cold War?
- Answer: The Pentagon was worried that the shattered remains of the Soviet Union might be rebuilt before the United States.
Which excerpt from Leslie Marmon Silko’s story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds" contains a simile?
He turned the colored pages full of lepers and pagans without looking at them.
They both stooped to fit through the low adobe entrance.
But there he was, facing into a cold dry wind and squinting at the last sunlight. . . .
. . . the water fell through the light from sundown like August rain that fell while the sun was still shining.
Read the excerpt from "Mother Tongue."
Just last week, I was walking down the street with my mother, and I again found myself conscious of the English I was using, the English I do use with her. We were talking about the price of new and used furniture and I heard myself saying this: “Not waste money that way.” My husband was with us as well, and he didn’t notice any switch in my English. And then I realized why. It’s because over the twenty years we’ve been together I’ve often used that same kind of English with him, and sometimes he even uses it with me. It has become our language of intimacy, a different sort of English that relates to family talk, the language I grew up with.
Which information from the excerpt best supports the inference that nonstandard forms of English can express relationship nuances that standard English cannot?
Tan encourages her husband to use nonstandard English so her mother can understand him.
Tan uses nonstandard English with her husband so that he can better understand what she is saying.
Tan forces herself to use nonstandard English with her family to make them feel more comfortable.
Tan uses the nonstandard English of her childhood with her husband because it expresses intimacy.
Read the excerpt from "Mother Tongue."
Those tests were constructed around items like fill-in-the-blank sentence completion, such as “Even though Tom was ______, Mary thought he was _____.” And the correct answer always seemed to be the most bland combinations of thoughts, for example, “Even though Tom was foolish, Mary thought he was ridiculous.” Well, according to my mother, there were very few limitations as to what Tom could have been and what Mary might have thought of him. So I never did well on tests like that.
How does Tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt?
Tan discusses the types of questions on achievement tests to support the idea that the tests limit students’ ability to write well.
Tan explains a question on a language achievement test to support the idea that the tests should include more interesting content.
Tan gives an example of her experience with achievement tests to support the idea that they are not always accurate measures of language ability.
Tan considers how her mother might answer a question on a test to support the idea that nonstandard English limits a person’s ability to communicate.
Which best summarizes one central idea of the passage from "Mother Tongue"?
The expression of experience through language is more powerful when different forms of English are accepted.
Only someone with a strong background in standard English can express ideas in interesting ways.
Only someone with a strong background in different forms of English can truly be an expert on the English language.
The expression of experience through language is more powerful when only the standard form of English is accepted.
Which phrase best defines the term “figurative language”?
language that directly states what it means
the representation of one idea by another
an exaggeration of the way things really are
language that is not intended to be taken literally
He turned the colored pages full of lepers and pagans without looking at them.
They both stooped to fit through the low adobe entrance.
But there he was, facing into a cold dry wind and squinting at the last sunlight. . . .
. . . the water fell through the light from sundown like August rain that fell while the sun was still shining.
Read the excerpt from "Mother Tongue."
Just last week, I was walking down the street with my mother, and I again found myself conscious of the English I was using, the English I do use with her. We were talking about the price of new and used furniture and I heard myself saying this: “Not waste money that way.” My husband was with us as well, and he didn’t notice any switch in my English. And then I realized why. It’s because over the twenty years we’ve been together I’ve often used that same kind of English with him, and sometimes he even uses it with me. It has become our language of intimacy, a different sort of English that relates to family talk, the language I grew up with.
Which information from the excerpt best supports the inference that nonstandard forms of English can express relationship nuances that standard English cannot?
Tan encourages her husband to use nonstandard English so her mother can understand him.
Tan uses nonstandard English with her husband so that he can better understand what she is saying.
Tan forces herself to use nonstandard English with her family to make them feel more comfortable.
Tan uses the nonstandard English of her childhood with her husband because it expresses intimacy.
Read the excerpt from "Mother Tongue."
Those tests were constructed around items like fill-in-the-blank sentence completion, such as “Even though Tom was ______, Mary thought he was _____.” And the correct answer always seemed to be the most bland combinations of thoughts, for example, “Even though Tom was foolish, Mary thought he was ridiculous.” Well, according to my mother, there were very few limitations as to what Tom could have been and what Mary might have thought of him. So I never did well on tests like that.
How does Tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt?
Tan discusses the types of questions on achievement tests to support the idea that the tests limit students’ ability to write well.
Tan explains a question on a language achievement test to support the idea that the tests should include more interesting content.
Tan gives an example of her experience with achievement tests to support the idea that they are not always accurate measures of language ability.
Tan considers how her mother might answer a question on a test to support the idea that nonstandard English limits a person’s ability to communicate.
Which best summarizes one central idea of the passage from "Mother Tongue"?
The expression of experience through language is more powerful when different forms of English are accepted.
Only someone with a strong background in standard English can express ideas in interesting ways.
Only someone with a strong background in different forms of English can truly be an expert on the English language.
The expression of experience through language is more powerful when only the standard form of English is accepted.
Which phrase best defines the term “figurative language”?
language that directly states what it means
the representation of one idea by another
an exaggeration of the way things really are
language that is not intended to be taken literally
Here are the answers to your questions based on the excerpts provided:
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Which excerpt from Leslie Marmon Silko’s story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds" contains a simile?
- Answer: . . . the water fell through the light from sundown like August rain that fell while the sun was still shining.
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Which information from the excerpt best supports the inference that nonstandard forms of English can express relationship nuances that standard English cannot?
- Answer: Tan uses the nonstandard English of her childhood with her husband because it expresses intimacy.
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How does Tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt?
- Answer: Tan gives an example of her experience with achievement tests to support the idea that they are not always accurate measures of language ability.
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Which best summarizes one central idea of the passage from "Mother Tongue"?
- Answer: The expression of experience through language is more powerful when different forms of English are accepted.
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Which phrase best defines the term “figurative language”?
- Answer: language that is not intended to be taken literally.
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