Read this excerpt from gravity" by judith ortiz cofer. evenings she'd sit in her rocking chair in the living room and listen to record albums she bought on the island during our yearly visits to her mother's home: celia cruz, felipe rodríguez, and the big band music of tito puente, which she played loud to compete with my little richard, the supremes, dylan and, later, the beatles, the beatles, the beatles. when my father came home we both turned down the volume. what is the best example of cultural conflict in the excerpt? a. elenita versus the music of her parents' homeland b. elenita versus her mothers controlling nature c. elenita versus "early puerto rican" décor d, elenita versus the music's apparent absurdity

A. Elenita versus the music of her parents' homeland.

Explanation: in literature, a conflict is a struggle between opposite forces, usually between a character (the main character or a very important one) and himself (internal conflict), society or another character (external conflict). In the given excerpt from Gravity by Judith Ortiz Cofer we can see an example of an external conflict between a character (Elenita) and the music of her parents' homeland, which her mother used to listen to in the evenings.

compare & contrast informative essay/speech

when speaking or writing for the sole purpose of providing information in order to give audience members a good basis for making a decision, you would present an informative speech or essay.   because you wouldn’t want to be persuading the audience by arguing for one type of exercise over the other, you wouldn’t choose a persuasive/argumentative technique.   to fairly, and without bias, present information about the pros and cons of each type exercise, a compare/contrast, informative speech/essay would be the best bet.