Question

But the spectre of delivering a speech brown-nosing the
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 small sentence for a 9th grader

Answer 1

In the passage, Yoyo struggles with her accent and her fear of public speaking, which makes her feel embarrassed about delivering a speech. This conflict shows her desire to fit in with her classmates while feeling ashamed of expressing herself in front of them. Ultimately, her feelings of humiliation overshadow the honor of giving the speech, highlighting her internal struggle between pride and insecurity.