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. which phrase from this excerpt best the reader identify the author's purpose?

The phrase which best helps the reader identify the author's purpose is: "I was ashamed of her English." The author's purpose in this particular excerpt is outlining how her mother's poor language skills would embarrass her before the world when she was growing up . Amy Tan states she felt her mother's English was "limited" and also that her mother's thoughts were "imperfect".

“my mother’s ‘limited’ English”

Explanation:

the correct answer is b

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