Julio wanted to make his mother a really good birthday gift. He thought about it for weeks, considering what would make the perfect
present. He eventually decided to make a picture frame out of wood
scraps. He worked hard, painting and sanding it himself. The night
before her birthday, he was still working on it when his mother called
upstairs. "Julio!" she shouted angrily. "What could you possibly be
doing that is so important it made you skip your chores? It's your night
to empty the dishwasher!"
Which statement best explains how a character's motivation leads to a
conflict in the story?

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.”