What is the purpose of the dialogue in this passage (as in any narrative writing)? a) it moves the action of the story forward revealing the thoughts of the characters b) it restates what the narrator has already told the audience c) it is meant to cause confusion for the audience causing a more careful reading d) it makes the passage look longer because it takes up more space

In the song mallam sile sings in lines 113 through 130 the knife probably represents

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.”

What event shows how eckels' character develops over the course of the story sound of thunder