The writer could best improve his or her ideas and development by including specific examples from the text.
For example, the writer could provide specific examples and quotations from the book to illustrate the points being made in the underlined text.
In Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club, four Chinese American daughters and their more traditional Chinese mothers try to reconcile their cultural differences. When the daughters are young girls, they are embarrassed by their mothers and think they are strange. The mothers feel misunderstood by their daughters. As the girls grow into women, their attitudes change. Over time, the mothers and daughters develop a new appreciation for one another.
Read the following excerpt from a student essay. How can the writer best improve his or her ideas and development?
In Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club, four Chinese American daughters and their more traditional Chinese mothers try to reconcile their cultural differences. When the daughters are young girls, they are embarrassed by their mothers and think they are strange. The mothers feel misunderstood by their daughters. As the girls grow into women, their attitudes change. Over time, the mothers and daughters develop a new appreciation for one another.
A: by clearly stating the main idea
B: by removing a second main idea
C: by including specific examples from the text