Reflective essays explore what the author believes and the origins of those beliefs. which sentences in this excerpt from amy tan's "mother tongue" indicate where tan’s beliefs came from? you should know that my mother's expressive command of english belies how much she actually understands. she reads the forbes report, listens to wall street week, converses daily with her stockbroker, reads all of shirley maclaine’s books with ease—all kinds of things i can't begin to understand. yet some of my friends tell me they understand fifty percent of what my mother says. some say they understand eighty to ninety percent. some say they understand none of it, as if she were speaking pure chinese. but to me, my mother's english is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. it's my mother tongue. her language, as i hear it, is vivid, direct, full of observation and imagery. that was the language that shape the way i saw things, expressed things, made sense of the world.

How can the rebuttal best address the counterclaim? read the claim and reason beginning in high school students should eam their own money by finding aher school employment. an aber school job seves not only as income, but as valuable experience for when students leave school for the workiorce. read the counterclaim and reason while having a source of income can certainly be a learning experience for high school students, they should maintain their focus on academics and extracurricular activities working atter school many experts agree, can lead to a decrease in school success which can then limit students' options when they enter the workforce the rebuttal should include examples of jobs that are available to students and the problems associated with those jobs the rebuttal should acknowledge that school remains a priority and discuss the benefits of a balance between school and work the rebuttal should address the need for a discussion on the matter by restating both points before reaching a conclusion the rebuttal should state a logical explanation for both opinions before granting credibility to the need for school to remain a priority

Ineed simplifying this thesis and making it easier to understand for the reader (more concise) "no matter how religious one may be, one’s faith tends to change under unexpected and challenging circumstances."

How did the language of the gettysburg address differ from the language in the secondary source about this speech?