But the spectre of delivering a speech brown-nosing the

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teachers jammed her imagination. At first she didn't want
to and then she couldn't seem to write that speech. She
should have thought of it as "a great honor," as her father
called it. But she was mortified. She still had a slight
accent, and she did not like to speak in public, subjecting
herself to her classmates' ridicule. It also took no great
figuring to see that to deliver a eulogy for a convent full of
crazy, old, overweight nuns was no way to endear herself
to her peers.
-"Daughter of Invention,"
Julia Alvarez
Read the passage about Yoyo. In two to three
sentences, explain how language reveals a conflict she
experiences. One sentence for a 9th grader

Answer 1

In the passage, Yoyo struggles with her identity and self-confidence due to her accent and fear of public speaking, which makes her feel embarrassed and vulnerable. This internal conflict is heightened by the pressure to deliver a speech honoring the nuns, which she believes could expose her to ridicule from her classmates. Her language reveals her hesitation and mortification, showing how difficult this situation is for her.