Why is illegal immigration a controversial issue? a)People think that the current laws on immigration address the issue well.
b)There are far fewer illegal immigrants each year than naturalized citizens.
c) Americans disagree on whether immigration law should change to address it.
d)Most naturalized citizens first entered the United States as illegal immigrants.

a. the scene is structured as a dialogue between two characters in their own informal language.

"why don't you like me the way i am? " i cried. "i'm not a genius! i can't play the piano, and even if i could, i wouldn't go on tv if you paid me a million dollars! "

explanation:

the conflict between jing-mei and her mother is over jing-mei's piano lessons since her mother wants her to become a prodigy but she does not want to play it any more.

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