The cord fell away, his arms parted and
floated upward, the hands dimly seen on each
side in the growing light. He watched them
with a new interest as first one and then the
other pounced upon the noose at his neck.
They tore it away and thrust it fiercely aside,
its undulations resembling those of a water
snake.
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,"
Ambrose Bierce
At this point, what is a logical prediction?

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.”