Mother Tongue I think there are two points in Tan’s essay. One main point is that her mother’s language has the power to shape not only Tan’s identity‚ but also the relationship she has with her mother. Her mother’s language helped shaped the way she saw things‚ expressed things‚ and made sense of the world. Though her mother’s English was broken or limited‚ she had no trouble understanding it‚ because she grew up with this language and she has adapted her mother’s way expression. She took part
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huge effect on the way people view others. The term “broken english” is used to describe someone who doesn’t have good english. If they have heavy accents‚ or don’t say things as a native english speaker would‚ we are quick to judge. In Amy Tan’s article “Mother Tongue”‚ she talks about how the term “broken english” isn’t a fair term. In the discussion on week 4‚ Lilia Reynaga said the following about broken english‚ “I don’t like the term broken English I know people use it often when they mention
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From Amy tan’s “Mother tongue” it is evident that language has an effect on our lives. “Mother tongue” by Amy tan tell us how the writer can develop her English well even though she lives in the middle of family who speak broken English. All of it starts from her desired and her motivation to learn‚ make all of things around her become something that can be learned and take a positive side of it. In her essay she described a lot of problem she had faced to learn English. Tan and her mother faced
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Tan Position Paper Amy Tan’s essay “Mother Tongue” describes the author’s mother as having ”broken” English and being treated unfairly for it. Tan writes about the different types of English and how her mother‚ who is from china‚ has her own type of English to express herself with. But sadly‚ some people are short with her mother‚ just because they don’t understand her. Tan Begins to write about the different “Englishes” she uses in her everyday life. She describes speaking differently
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In the articles‚ “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan and “Rhythm of the Caribbean: Connecting Oral History and Literacy" by Glasceta Honeyghan‚ the authors discuss different types of language styles that they grew up with. The authors discuss their difficulties and what was enjoyable to them. The articles remind us that working hard on what you enjoy will be worth it one day. In the article‚ “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ Tan describes what it was like growing up in an immigrant family in the United
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Mother Tongue is about the authors struggles with her linguistic identity‚ her mothers "fractured" or "broken" variation of english and the relationship with her mother. At the beginning of the piece we are told about the different types of english she would speak with her mother and with everyone else; we are then told how english wasn’t Amy’s strongest subject and later on we are told about the difficulties her mother experienced because of the way she spoke english and the prejudice she faced
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In the essay‚ “Mother Tongue” author Amy Tan‚ discusses the “power of language – the way it can evoke an emotion‚ a visual image‚ a complex idea‚ or a simple truth.” Tan began to explain that when she was speaking to a large group about her book‚ “The Joy Luck Club‚” she suddenly realized the different “Englishes” she uses. As she proceeds‚ she mentions the time when she was walking down the street with her mother and husband discussing prices of new and old furniture‚ where she became aware once
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In Tthe story “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ a Chinese immigrant of English language writer‚ starts beingsher essay by with the author stating that while she is not a scholar of English literature‚ but she is trying to give express her personal opinions about regarding English language and how fascinating the language is for hershe finds the language. In addition‚ she explains that language is becomes a powerful tool to evoke an emotion‚ a visual image‚ a complex idea‚ or a simple truth. Furthermore
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short story in order to expose the dangers presented by Stalinism and Totalitarian Government. With this intention‚ the pigs on Animal Farm used the three modes of persuasion to manipulate the other animals on the farm. We begin with the mode of Pathos‚ Squealer in Chapter 5 uses fear to persuade the animals to do what he says. In one conversation he has with the animals he says‚ “One false step‚ and our enemies would be upon us. Surely comrades‚ you don’t want Jones back?”. In addition‚ at the
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The advertisement campaign that I chose was TOMS shoes spec commercial “One for One”. This is a successful form of rhetoric by using Pathos‚ Logos‚ Ethos and some other elements. This ad is about whenever a TOMS consumer purchases a pair of shoes for themselves‚ they’re also help out a child in need because they know that they provided a pair of shoes for a less fortunate child. As we can see‚ TOMS focuses on people who have the inspiration of helping others. The target audience doesn’t have any
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