Read the excerpt from amy tan’s essay “mother tongue.”

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.

what is the purpose of this text?

a) to inform readers based on tan’s childhood experience
b) to persuade readers to speak a different way
c) to inform readers of tan’s mother’s feelings
d) to persuade readers that tan’s mother is intelligent

A) to inform readers based on Tan’s childhood experience.

Explanation: In the given excerpt from Amy Tan's essay "Mother Tongue" we can see the description of Tan's experiences growing up with a mother that didn't speak perfect English. She says that she was ashamed of her mother's speaking and that she thought that there wasn't much quality in what she wanted to say. The purpose of this excerpt is to inform the reader about the differences of speaking a language imperfectly and having imperfect thoughts, and the author does that based on her childhood experience.

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