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Read the excerpt from Amy Tan's essay "Mother Tongue."
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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 indicates to the reader that the purpose of this essay is to inform?
O "I know this for a fact"
O "my mother's 'limited' English"
O "the quality of what she had to say"
O"her thoughts were imperfect"
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