"How to Tame a Wild Tongue" by Gloria Anzaldua

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Anzaldua, free-spirit, Hispanic living in America, biligual

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recounting her experiences with languages

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people who fail to see cultural/language connections

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to prove that every culture is biased and unreasonable to some extent

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juxtaposes English and Spanish language and English and Spanish anecdotes

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passionate, bold

Question 7

one gets a sense of why the author put pen to paper from this excerpt

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purpose