Read the excerpt from "mother tongue."
and here you would be presented with a list of four possible pairs, one of which showed the same kind of relationship: red is to stoplight, bus is to arrival, chills is to fever, yawn is to boring. well, i could never think that way. i knew what the tests were asking, but i could not block out of my mind the images already created by the first pair, "sunset is to nightfall"—and i would see a burst of colors against a darkening sky, the moon rising, the lowering of a curtain of stars. how does tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt?
a. tan gives an example of a test question to support the idea that more efforts must be made in the home to expose children to standard english.
b. tan relates a story about taking an achievement test to support the idea that english curricula must be structured more like math curricula.
c. tan discusses achievement tests to support the idea that language cannot be separated from the personal meanings and experiences attached to it.
d. tan describes her experience with achievement tests to support the idea that published authors are most qualified to write test questions for students.
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C. Tan discusses achievement tests to support the idea that language cannot be separated from the personal meanings and experiences attached to it.

Explanation:

The speaker in this excerpt from "Mother Tongue" develops a firm argument about the personal meanings adhered to the words and the meanings asked in the achievement tests. The speaker (Tan) establishes her point convincingly via using the illustration of these tests. She suggests that the meanings of the words cannot be devoid of the personal experiences and neither can be isolated from them as she uses the phrase "I could not block the image already created the first pair "sunset is to nightfall". This excerpt symbolizes the central idea of the work i.e. the hindrances and obstacles faced by Asian-Americans to adapt the English language as they were hooked up to their individual mother tongues which are almost futile to detach.

C. Tan discusses achievement tests to support the idea that language cannot be separated from the personal meanings and experiences attached to it.

Explanation:

The speaker in this excerpt from "Mother Tongue" develops a firm argument about the personal meanings adhered to the words and the meanings asked in the achievement tests. The speaker (Tan) establishes her point convincingly via using the illustration of these tests. She suggests that the meanings of the words cannot be devoid of the personal experiences and neither can be isolated from them as she uses the phrase "I could not block the image already created the first pair "sunset is to nightfall". This excerpt symbolizes the central idea of the work i.e. the hindrances and obstacles faced by Asian-Americans to adapt the English language as they were hooked up to their individual mother tongues which are almost futile to detach.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the anecdote makes readers feel sorry for the man’s lack of heritage, then reminds readers that the man has an equally valuable heritage.