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 "limit
ed" 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? "I know this for a fact" "my mother's ‘limited' English" "the quality of what she had to say" "her thoughts were imperfect"
The phrase from the excerpt that best indicates that the purpose of the essay is to inform is “I know this for a fact”. This phrase helps the author introduce evidence to the text that supports her ideas.
In this case the author tells a personal experience as a way to provide more information and the context of her essay.
The rest of the options are incorrect as they are part of the personal experience that the author is narrating.
photography is a way of making a picture using a camera. a person who makes pictures using a camera is called a photographer. a picture made using a camera is called a photograph or photo. most photography in the 20th century was on photographic film and most in the 21st uses digital cameras.