The figurative language type used in the excerpt is metaphor, I know this because it compares the mother's voice using like or as. In the text it says " was like a cool, dark room in a summer - peaceful, soothing, quiet." It says that the mother's voice was "like" something that couldn't normally be used as descriptive words for a voice.
I believe this is an 'internal' conflict, because she has to decide on something, she has to think and choose the correct option, to confront her two opposing thoughts of whether to defend the people who hate her or to use violence to gain human rights. The conflict is inside of her, and that is why it is an internal conflict.
Answer:
Speed
Explanation:
Rate is how fast or slow a person speaks.
