Alfonso studied the magazine pictures of rock stars for a hairstyle. he liked the way prince looked—and the bass player from los lobos. alfonso thought he would look cool with his hair razored into a v in the back and streaked purple. but he knew his mother wouldn’t go for it. and his father, who was puro mexicano, would sit in his chair after work, sullen as a toad, and call him "sissy.” what details from the passage would best support a paragraph about conflict between characters? a. alfonso thinking he would look good with razored, purple hair b. alfonso liking the way the rock stars style their hair c. alfonso thinking his father would likely call him a sissy d. alfonso seeing his father sit in his chair after work

C) Alfonso thinking his father would likely call him a sissy.

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 passage, the detail that would best support a paragraph about conflict between characters is Alfonso thinking his father would likely call him a sissy if he changes his hairstyle, this would be a character vs. character conflict between Alfonso and his father.

a. "to practice" is the best phrase to complete the sentence.

explanation:

during the summer, she likes to practice her soccer skills so that she is ready to play in the fall.

(note that : all the other options "the practicing of", "practice for" and "to do a practice on" are inappropriate as they make the sentence grammatically incorrect.)