Question

read the excerpts from \take the tortillas out of your poetry\ and \speaking arab\.
my friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of receiving a fellowship. he took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of spanish, english, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. in other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry.

at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom - pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, \i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel—so lonely for one.\ and the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head.

which best states how the structures of the excerpts are similar?

• each presents factual evidence to appeal to the reader’s logic
• each documents career credentials to appeal to the reader’s ethics
• each discusses a friend to appeal to the reader’s sense of community
• each relates an anecdote to appeal to the reader’s emotions

Explanation:

En el primer extracto, se narra la decisión de un amigo de quitar su lenguaje y cultura de su poesía para obtener una beca, lo que se presenta como una historia personal. En el segundo extracto, se relata una conversación escuchada en una feria, lo cual también es una anécdota. Estas anécdotas buscan conmover al lector emocionalmente, ya que el primer caso muestra la pérdida de la "alma" de la poesía al quitar su identidad cultural y el segundo caso expresa la soledad por no tener un patrimonio cultural, lo cual toca emociones relacionadas con la identidad y la pertenencia.

Answer:

Cada utiliza una anécdota para apelar a las emociones del lector.