Question 2 of 10 • PBCSD_Grade_Forgiveness_1001370_English 3_S2_2015
Read the excerpt from "Mother Tongue."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. Which best summarizes the central idea in the excerpt?
Answer
A
Tan is troubled by the way her mother uses the English language.
B
Tan is uncomfortable using negative terms to describe her mother’s English.
C
Tan has difficulty trying to explain what she means when she writes in English.
D
Tan has found that the English language is lacking in descriptive word choices.