Asked by bob

That weekend, her mother turned all her energy towards helping Yoyo write her speech. "Please, Mami, just leave me alone, please," Yoyo pleaded with her. But Yoyo would get rid of the goose only to have to contend with the gander.

–"Daughter of Invention,"
Julia Alvarez

Which tone should a reader use when reading aloud to express Yoyo’s feelings?

thankful
nervous
desperate
somber

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desperate

The repeated "please" and the word "pleaded" show Yoyo is begging and overwhelmed, so a desperate tone best expresses her feelings.