*80 points* which excerpt from jefferson davis’s speech to the mississippi legislature best expresses a major theme of his speech? “…no portion of the speech to which i have referred was received with more marked approbation by the democracy there assembled than the sentiment which has just been cited.” “…we may expect that the election will be so conducted as probably to defeat a choice by the people and devolve the election upon the house.” “i would cling tenaciously to our constitutional government, seeing as i do in the fraternal union of equal states the benefit to all and the fulfillment of that high destiny which our fathers hoped for…” “when i have seen it surrounded by the flags of foreign countries, the pulsations of my heart have beat quicker with every breeze…”

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.”