How does the use of complex and detailed sentences affect the pacing of a story?
A. It stabilizes the pacing, allowing the story to unfold in real time.
B. It makes the reader feel suspense due to the quickened pace of
the story
C. It increases the tension and makes the pace of the story feel
faster.
D. It slows down the pacing and forces the reader to pay more
attention.

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”