your answer is a. personification
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2) "The water rises and the band plays ragtime."
3) “Stewards finish waking their passengers below; life preservers are tied on; some men smile at the precaution.”
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3 I think I've seen this question
The answer is B. Tan is presenting the example <em>"limited English"</em>, which is just <em>one of many</em> other terms she heard before, to express how bad they seem. Because, when people deem those whose knowledge of the Mother Tongue <em>is not as the native speaker</em>, therefore is limited, they are defining everything as limited, even their speaking perceptions.