Answers English 6 26-27 CR – 417498Making Inferences to Determine Central Ideas: Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue"

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Which statement is the best summary of the central ideas in the whole passage?

Tan is not easily discouraged, even when others do not think she is good at something.

Tan is still embarrassed by her earliest attempts at writing fiction because she assumed that she could use her mother tongue.

Tan disproved assumptions, including her own assumptions about what type of English was best for fiction, by choosing to write.

Which of the following details does Tan provide to develop this central idea? Check all of the answers that are correct.

Tan uses different “Englishes” with her mother and her husband.

Tan’s mother understands complicated financial news but was treated poorly by her stockbroker.

Tan chooses not to study math or engineering in college.

Tan receives better treatment than her mother because she speaks proper English.

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