Just last week, I was walking down the street with my mother, and I again found myself conscious of the English
was using, the English I do use with her. We were talking about the price of new and used furniture and I heard
myself saying this: "Not waste money that way." My husband was with us as well, and he didn't notice any switch
in my English. And then I realized why. It's because over the twenty years we've been together I've often used that
same kind of English with him, and sometimes he even uses it with me. It has become our language of intimacy, a
different sort of English that relates to family talk, the language I grew up with.
How does Tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt?

Why would the following likely fail as the basis for an evaluative argument? "the theme of gender bias among adults is an important one"a: it is based on a moral judgment that not everyone sharesb. it is based on the writers personal tastec. it is based on faulty assumptiond. none of the above

Read the excerpt from act 3 of a doll’s house. mrs. linde: you seemed to me to imply that with me you might have been quite another man. krogstad: i am certain of it. mrs. linde: is it too late now? krogstad: christine, are you saying this deliberately? yes, i am sure you are. i see it in your face. have you really the courage, then—? mrs. linde: i want to be a mother to someone, and your children need a mother. we two need each other. nils, i have faith in your real character—i can dare anything together with you. krogstad [grasps her hands]. , , christine! now i shall find a way to clear myself in the eyes of the world. ah, but i forgot— how does the conflict in this passage develop a theme? mrs. linde creates a conflict by promising something she cannot give to krogstad, which develops the theme that empty promises can destroy relationships. krogstad continues the conflict by choosing clearing his name over having a life with mrs. linde, which develops the theme that you must often choose yourself over others. krogstad creates a conflict by deceiving mrs. linde about his intentions, which develops the theme that, in love, actions speak louder than words. mrs. linde resolves the conflict by committing to a new life with krogstad, which develops the theme that new beginnings are always possible.

Which statement best describes the authors use of a claim and a counterclaim in the passage