Question

she considers the vagaries of sports, the happenstance of el lider, a star pitcher in his youth, narrowly missing a baseball career in america. his wicked curveball attracted the major league scouts, and the washington senators were interested in signing him but changed their minds. frustrated, el lider went home, rested his pitching arm, and started a revolution in the mountains. read the excerpt from \like mexicans\ we talked for an hour and had apple pie and coffee, slowly. finally, we got up with carolyn taking my hand. slightly embarrassed, i tried to pull away but her grip held me. i let her have her way as she led me down the hallway with her mother right behind me.... carolyn waved again. i looked, back, waving.... her people were like mexicans, only different. which best states how the structures of the excerpts are similar? each relates an anecdote to appeal to the readers emotions. each presents factual evidence to appeal to the readers logic. each documents career credentials to appeal to the readers ethics. each discusses a political event to appeal to the readers logic.

Explanation:

The first excerpt tells the story of El Líder's baseball career setback and subsequent action (starting a revolution), which is an anecdote. The second excerpt narrates a personal interaction (talking, having apple pie, the hand - holding moment, etc.), also an anecdote. Anecdotes are personal stories that can evoke emotions in the reader.

• The first option: Each relates an anecdote to appeal to the reader's emotions. This is correct as both excerpts tell personal stories (anecdotes) which are likely to engage the reader emotionally.
• The second option: There is no factual evidence (like statistics, research data) presented in either excerpt.
• The third option: There are no career credentials (like lists of jobs, educational qualifications related to a career) in the excerpts.
• The fourth option: The first excerpt has a political element (starting a revolution), but the second excerpt is a personal interaction. Also, the first excerpt's anecdote is more likely to appeal to emotions (sympathy for El Líder's baseball career loss) rather than just logic.

Answer:

A. Each relates an anecdote to appeal to the reader's emotions.