Question

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:

To determine the correct answer, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: Using words without emotional connotations to present a painful anecdote is contradictory, so this is incorrect.
• Option 2: Anaya presents facts from a newspaper story about school board members burning his books. This uses a logical appeal (presenting factual events) to show censorship, making it a valid rhetorical approach.
• Option 3: Referring to his novel to establish credibility is about ethos, but the question is about showing censorship as a tool of the powerful, and this option doesn't directly address that through the rhetorical appeal related to the censorship event.
• Option 4: Delivering a passionate argument is more about pathos, but the key here is the factual presentation of the censorship event (from the newspaper) to show its impact, so this is less accurate than Option 2.

Answer:

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