The themes of a story contains well its like a background for it. The Symbols are kinda like the themes but its not completely (im so sorry)
Answer:
B) Diminished function; weakness or damage
Explanation:
We can infer from the excerpt is that Tan believes that achievement tests give inadequate measurements of language ability.
<h3>What is an excerpt?</h3>
Excerpt is a short part of any text, music, or piece of writing. In English excerpts are given and based on that excerpt questions are made to answer.
The excerpt is taken from Mother tongue by Amy Tan, in which the story of people with different language in America is given. Americans don't like people with other languages.
Following are the all options attached
- Tan believes that achievement tests should include a wider variety of fill-in-the-blank questions.
- Tan believes that achievement tests should be constructed by published authors of fiction.
- Tan believes that achievement tests give inadequate measurements of language ability.
- Tan believes that achievement tests give inflated measurements of language ability.
Thus, the correct option is C, Tan believes that achievement tests give inadequate measurements of language ability.
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This should be the correct answer D. passionate
