Read the excerpt below from "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan and complete the statement that follows. In fact, in the beginning, I was just as excited as my mother, maybe even more so. I pictured this prodigy part of me as many different images, trying each one on for size. I was a dainty ballerina girl standing by the curtain, waiting to hear the right music that would send me floating on my tiptoes. I was like the Christ child lifted out of the straw manger, crying with holy indignity. I was Cinderella stepping from her pumpkin carriage with sparkly cartoon music filling the air.In all of my imaginings, I was filled with a sense that I would soon become perfect. My mother and father would adore me. I would be beyond reproach. I would never feel the need to sulk for anything. In fact, in the beginning, I was just as excited as my mother, maybe even more so. I pictured this prodigy part of me as many different images, trying each one on for size. I was a dainty ballerina girl standing by the curtain, waiting to hear the right music that would send me floating on my tiptoes. I was like the Christ child lifted out of the straw manger, crying with holy indignity. I was Cinderella stepping from her pumpkin carriage with sparkly cartoon music filling the air. In all of my imaginings, I was filled with a sense that I would soon become perfect. My mother and father would adore me. I would be beyond reproach. I would never feel the need to sulk for anything. At first, the narrator feels a(n) __________ motivation to become a prodigy to earn her parent's __________. extrinsic . . . approval intrinsic . . . affection direct . . . approval indirect . . . affection
Answers
Based on the given excerpt , the correct options for the fill in the blanks are: a) intrinsic and b) approval.
Therefore the complete sentence comes out to be: At first, the narrator feels an intrinsic motivation to become a prodigy to earn her parent's approval.
The narrator wanted to impress her parents, and therefore wanted to become a prodigy.
Answer:
1. Approval
2. My mother and father would adore me
Explanation:
The girl in the script is longing for approval. This is backed because of the statement: "My mother and father would adore me." the key word here is "adore" or adoration, which is the closest option from blank "1" to being a synonym for "adoration"?
Approval.
Hence the answers are:
Blank 1: Approval.
Blank 2: My Mother and Father would adore me.
I'm aware the question is old, the other answer is incorrect so I figured I'd post a correct option for those looking for the answer now.
