Question

read the excerpt from \take the tortillas out of your poetry.\
in other cases, the censoring has been direct and brutal. on february 28, 1981 the morning newspaper carried a story about the burning of my novel, bless me, ultima. the book was banned from high school classes in bloomfield, new mexico, and a school board member was quoted as saying: \we took the books out and personally saw that they were burned.\
which best describes how anaya effectively uses rhetorical appeal to convince readers that censorship is a tool of the powerful?
anaya uses words that lack emotional connotations to present a painful anecdote from his life.
anaya presents facts from a newspaper story about school board members burning his books.
anaya establishes his credibility as a published chicano author by referring to his first novel.
anaya delivers a passionate argument against the ability of school boards to ban books.

Explanation:

Anaya uses a newspaper story (a factual source) about school board members burning his books. This is an example of using logos (appeal to logic) as he presents facts. The other options are incorrect. Words lacking emotional connotations (first option) would not be powerful. Just referring to his first novel (fourth option) doesn't establish the point about censorship. A passionate argument (last option) is not shown here as he is presenting a factual account. And presenting a painful anecdote (second option) is not as strong as presenting a factual newspaper - reported event about book - burning which is a form of censorship.

Answer:

Anaya presents facts from a newspaper story about school board members burning his books.