Which example would most likely be considered satirical?
a.) in a movie, someone says something insulting about another person but in a lighthearted tone.
b.) in a television show, a student tells his teacher that his dog ate his homework and then hands her a half-chewed piece of notebook paper
c.) in a novel, homeless people build cardboard box homes in a gated neighborhood, revealing the need for social change
d.) in a newspaper, a headline reads “policy gets green light for no parking zone changes.”

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. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”