A Rhetorical Analysis Of Mother Tongue By Amy Tan

“Mother Tongue” talks about how a Chinese woman who was an immigrant and was limited, ignored, deny of her right, because she could not speak correct English. Amy Tan are daughter, talks about how she was aware of the various ways to use English language, and tries to use the correct grammar that she had learned during her school life, and from books when she was invited to a program to give a speech about her book to a group of people. During Tan’s speech, she notices that her mother was sitting in the audience, which reminded her of the conversation she had with her mother. However Amy Tan, communicates about her affection and attraction of language, how language can recall a feeling, a visual image, and how the language is a device she adopted every day in writing. …show more content…
Tan discloses how her mother is very intelligent. She said her mother read Forbes report, listen to Wall Street Week, and also talks everyday with her stockbroker. Tan also explains how is ashamed of her mother’s English speaking, because her mother is a reflection of what she has to say, and her English is limited and imperfect. “Mother Tongue” is an informal essay, because it audience is not only the professors but rather the common people. Amy Tan use informal language to pass message from her book to the intender reader. Amy Tan ask her mother if the book she wrote is easy for her to read, because she is not fluent in English. The narrative essay capture the mind of the reader to accept the content of the essay making it real. Tan’s message was clear and understandable because she uses so many imaginative description and figurative