Read the excerpt from "mother tongue
those tests were constructed around items like fill-in-the-blank sentence completion, such as "even though tom was
mary thought he was "and the correct answer always seemed to be the most bland combinations of
thoughts, for example, "even though tom was foolish, mary thought he was ridiculous." well, according to my
mother, there were very few limitations as to what tom could have been and what mary might have thought of him. so
i never did well on tests like that.
which information from the excerpt best supports the inference that achievement tests ignore imagination as an element of
language ability?
tan's mother would not be able to answer a question like the one descnbed in the excerpt
tan's mother could think of several ways to answer a question like the one described in the excerpt
tan's mother did not allow her to take tests with questions like the one described in the excerpt
tan's mother was disappointed that tan did poorly on tests with questions like the one described in the excerpt

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

you're welcome ; p

homework should not be banned because it tells the teacher if you were paying attention in class or not. it assures the teacher that you understand the material so you can move on to different material.