12. In “The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl,” Elizabeth Wong uses a tone shift to prove that people will regret giving up their cultural heritage. After her mother allows her to stop attending Chinese school, Wong initially seems pleased saying, “At last, I was one of you; I wasn’t one of them”; however, she poignantly ends the essay with, “Sadly, I still am” (139). By placing the word “sadly” in the last sentence, Wong effectively alters the entire tone of her essay. She shows that despite the childhood desire to distance herself from her cultural, she has come to regret losing her heritage as an adult.

13.  The TAG, PAAS parts are super-easy.  The big “S” is a fancy-schmancy paragraph that really shows not only how well you read but also how well you UNDERSTOOD what you read.  It’s more than plot. It’s analysis. It requires you to think about what you read rather than just regurgitate plot.  It beefs up the ol’ brain up. That’s why we do it.