Highlight words and phrases that help you identify the author’s purpose. I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s "limited" English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect.

—"Mother Tongue," Amy Tan

ANSWER ON EDGENUTY

I KNOW THIS FOR A FACT

WHEN I WAS GROWING UP

I WAS ASHAMED

I BELIEVED

THAT IS, BECAUSE

I WAS ASHAMED

Explanation:

This highlights the author's purpose for writing because the central idea of his text was that because of his mother's limited knowledge of English, he thought less of her opinions and was ashamed to hear her talk.

This showed that he held the English language on a pedastal and believed that anybody that was less than perfect in the language was limited or illiterate hence his shame whenever he heard his mother speak English

second person

explanation:

note the heavy uses of "you", "your", as well as "he".

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answer: the gettysburg address is a speech delivered by abraham lincoln at the november 19, 1863, dedication of soldier’s national cemetery, a cemetery for union soldiers killed at the battle of gettysburg during the american civil war.

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