Summary and interpretive focus
Amy Tan reflects on language, identity and the different forms of English used across family and public life.
Text-based questions
- Describe the conflict or central idea and support it with a precise incident or image from the prescribed work.
- How does the writer’s choice of voice, structure, irony or imagery shape the reader’s response?
- Write an evidence-based short answer; distinguish your interpretation from plot summary.
Revision task
Annotate a key image or phrase in the prescribed poem and explain its sound, tone and effect.