Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention".
The house fell silent a moment, before Yoyo heard, far off, the gun blasts and explosions, the serious, self-important voices of newscasters reporting their TV war.
What type of conflict is presented in this excerpt?
A conflict with other characters.
A conflict within one character.
A conflict with nature.
A conflict within society.
A conflict within society.
Which excerpt from "Daughter of Invention" contains language that best reveals that Carlos is still tied to his Dominican origin?
He sat bolt upright, reaching for his glasses which in his haste, he knocked across the room. "iQue pasa? iQue pasa?"
“...It is boastful. I celebrate myself? The best student learns to destroy the teacher?" He mocked Yoyo's plagiarized words.
"Have you gone mad?" He shook her away. "You were going to let her read that . . . that insult to her teachers?"
He called down curses on her head, ordered her on his authority as her father to open that door!
"iQue pasa? iQue pasa?"
Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention".
Meanwhile, Yoyo was on her knees, weeping wildly, collecting all the little pieces of her speech, hoping that she could put it back together before the assembly tomorrow morning. But not even a sibyl could have made sense of those tiny scraps of paper. All hope was lost. "He broke it, he broke it," Yoyo moaned as she picked up a handful of pieces.
What conflict does Yoyo face in this excerpt?
Yoyo is frustrated by her inability to write a good speech for the assembly at her school.
Yoyo is worried about insulting her teachers and peers with the speech she has written.
Yoyo is saddened by her father’s disapproval of the message in her speech for the assembly.
Yoyo is reminded of the terrors her father faced under the dictatorship of the Dominican Republic.
Yoyo is saddened by her father’s disapproval of the message in her speech for the assembly.
Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention".
"What ees wrrrong with her eh-speech?" Carlos wagged his head at her. His anger was always more frightening in his broken English. As if he had mutilated the language in his fury—and now there was nothing to stand between them and his raw, dumb anger. "What is wrong? I will tell you what is wrong. It show no gratitude. It is boastful. I celebrate myself? The best student learns to destroy the teacher?" He mocked Yoyo's plagiarized words. "That is insubordinate. It is improper. It is disrespecting of her teachers—" In his anger he had forgotten his fear of lurking spies: each wrong he voiced was a decibel higher than the last outrage. Finally, he shouted at Yoyo, "As your father, I forbid you to make that eh-speech!"
What does Carlos’ language reveal about his character?
His accent gets stronger when he is angry.
His English vocabulary is somewhat limited.
He doesn’t understand what his daughter wrote.
He has trouble speaking clearly in English.
His English vocabulary is somewhat limited.
Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention".
"Maybe not. Maybe, just maybe, there's something they've missed that's important. With patience and calm, even a burro can climb a palm." This last was one of her many Dominican sayings she had imported into her scrambled English.
What is the meaning of the idiom underlined in the excerpt?
Anything can be accomplished.
Anyone can make money.
A little encouragement goes a long way.
Every story needs to have a point.
A little encouragement goes a long way.
Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention".
But Laura's inventing days were over just as Yoyo's were starting up with her school-wide success. Rather than the rolling suitcase everyone else in the family remembers, Yoyo thinks of the speech her mother wrote as her last invention. It was as if, after that, her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad and said, "Okay, Cuquita, here's the buck. You give it a shot."
Which context clue provides the best hint for the meaning of the underlined idiom in this excerpt?
But Laura’s inventing days were over
the rolling suitcase everyone else in the family remembers
Yoyo thinks of the speech her mother wrote as her last invention
after that, her mother had passed on to Yoyo her pencil and pad
Yoyo thinks of the speech her mother wrote as her last invention.
Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention".
"iYa, ya!" She waved them out of her room at last. "There is no use trying to drink spilt milk, that's for sure."
What does Laura’s attempt at trying to use an English idiom reveal about her character?
She is very careful about the way she uses the English language.
She is hesitant to speak English most of the time.
She is eager to try English phrases and expressions.
She prefers to speak in Spanish, rather than English.
She is eager to try English phrases and expressions.
Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention".
The house fell silent a moment, before Yoyo heard, far off, the gun blasts and explosions, the serious, self-important voices of newscasters reporting their TV war.
What type of conflict is presented in this excerpt?
A conflict with other characters.
A conflict within one character.
A conflict with nature.
A conflict within society.
A conflict with society.
Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention".
Yoyo didn't need much encouragement. She put her nose to the fire, as her mother would have said, and read from start to finish without looking up. When she concluded, she was a little embarrassed at the pride she took in her own words. She pretended to quibble with a phrase or two, then looked questioningly to her mother. Laura's face was radiant. Yoyo turned to share her pride with her father.
What does the underlined idiom tell the reader about Yoyo?
She was cold as she wrote her speech, so she sat by the fire.
She worked hard to finish her speech for the assembly.
She was proud of the speech once she finished it.
She finished the speech in a very short amount of time.
She worked hard to finish her speech for the assembly.
What variations in language can a reader look for to better understand a character? Choose four answers.
voice
pronunciation
volume
vocabulary
syntax
grammar
The four variations in language that a reader can look for to better understand a character are:
1. Vocabulary: The words and expressions a character uses can provide insights into their education, cultural background, or personality.
2. Syntax: The arrangement and structure of sentences can reveal a character's thinking patterns, level of formality, or fluency in a particular language.
3. Grammar: The correctness or incorrectness of grammar can offer clues about a character's education, language proficiency, or attention to detail.
4. Pronunciation: The way characters pronounce words can indicate their accent, regional origin, or familiarity with a particular language or dialect.
Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention".
"iYa, ya!" She waved them out of her room at last. "There is no use trying to drink spilt milk, that's for sure."
What does Laura mean to express to her daughters?
She wants her daughters to learn from her mistakes.
She does not want to dwell on something that cannot be changed.
She intends to invent many more useful things she can patent.
She wishes that she had been the one to patent the suitcase with wheels.
Laura means to express that she does not want to dwell on something that cannot be changed.
Read the excerpt from "Daughter of Invention".
"Ay, Cuquita." That was her communal pet name for whoever was in her favor. "Cuquita, when I make a million, buy you your very own typewriter." (Yoyo had been nagging her mother for one just like the one her father had bought to do his order forms at home.) "Gravy on the turkey" was what she called it when someone was buttering her up. She buttered and poured. "I'll hire you your very own typist."
Based on this excerpt, what can be concluded about Laura?
She speaks better English than her daughter.
She only speaks English to her daughter.
She does not know the grammar rules in English.
She is not comfortable communicating in English.
Based on this excerpt, it can be concluded that Laura is not comfortable communicating in English.
Which of Laura’s misquoted idioms from "Daughter of Invention" is intended to mean that it makes no difference to her?
"green behind the ears,"
"When in Rome, do unto the Romans."
"It's half of one or two dozen of another."
“...one of these days my ship would pass me by in the night!"