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What would serve as strong evidence of the universal theme of conflict between children and parents in Amy Tan's story "Two Kinds”?

A
a description of the piece of music Jing-mei plays
B
a quotation showing Jing-mei's purposeful failure
C
a description of Amy Tan's childhood
D
a quotation revealing the dreams of Jing-mei's mother
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Read the paragraph from Sanjay's literary analysis essay. In "Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, the main character says, "I pretended to be bored. And I was. I got so bored I started counting the bellows of the foghorns out on the bay while my mother drilled me in other areas. The sound was comforting and reminded me of the cow jumping over the moon." Which sentences are effective ways for Sanjay to analyze the text evidence in the paragraph? Choose three correct answers.

A
Tan uses imagery to give the reader a mental picture of the main character's experiences with her mother.
B
Tan uses characterization, developing Jing-mei by describing how she responds to her mother's actions.
C
Tan uses an allusion to the familiar nursery rhyme about the cow jumping over the moon to help readers experience what the character is feeling.
D
Tan uses an analysis of the mother's behavior to express how bored the main character feels.
E
Tan uses irony to help the reader understand the main character's response to her mother's actions.
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Read the body paragraph from an analysis of "Two Kinds.” Amy Tan uses imagery to give readers a mental picture of how a child feels after disappointing a parent. "The lid to the piano was closed, shutting out the dust, my misery, and her dreams." This memory reveals how final and frightening it was for Jing-mei to have her mother give up on her. What would make the evidence in this paragraph stronger? Choose two correct answers.

A
proper citation of the quotation in the paragraph
B
another quotation from Amy Tan in the paragraph
C
commentary on the quotation in the paragraph
D
smooth integration of the evidence into the paragraph
E
a summary of the main points in the paragraph
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How should this paragraph be revised to use the correct domain-specific vocabulary?

A
The term allusion should be changed to the phrase word choice .
B
The term allusion should be changed to the term characterization .
C
The term allusion should be changed to the term imagery .
D
The term allusion should be changed to the term irony .
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What should be added to the paragraph to make it a strong conclusion? Choose three correct answers.

A
a mention of other texts that support the thesis
B
a commentary on the supporting evidence
C
a summary of the essay’s main points
D
a quotation from supporting literature
E
a rephrasing of the thesis
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Which sentence best serves as evidence of universal theme to back up Jamal's reason?

A
Fitzgerald's idea that the purpose of literature is to connect to readers is a common idea that is reflected in much of modern fiction and poetry, including the work of Amy Tan.
B
Amy Tan writes fiction about Chinese Americans like herself, and many of her stories are inspired by her own childhood.
C
The central idea in Amy Tan's “Two Kinds,” the conflict between parent and child, is expressed by the daughter's retort, "You want me to be something I'm not."
D
The main character in Amy Tan's “Two Kinds” has a mother who cleans houses for extra money, but Fitzgerald's characters are usually wealthy socialites.
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Read the paragraph from an interpretive literary analysis. Amy Tan describes a change in Jing-mei's attitude. This provides readers an overall description of Jing-mei and a clue to the overall idea Tan wants readers to consider in "Two Kinds”: "I looked at my reflection, blinking so that I could see more clearly. The girl staring back at me was angry, powerful. This girl and I were the same. I had new thoughts, willful thoughts, or rather, thoughts filled with lots of won'ts." To revise the paragraph and make the analysis clearer, what literary terms should be substituted for the underlined words in the paragraph? Choose two correct answers.

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allusion
B
irony
C
theme
D
characterization
E
imagery
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To revise the paragraph and make the analysis clearer, which literary term could be substituted for the underlined word in the paragraph?

A
characterization
B
imagery
C
theme
D
irony
E
allusion

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