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:

The excerpt presents a factual account from a newspaper story about the burning of the author's book by school board members. This use of a real - life, reported event (a fact) is a form of logos (logical appeal) in rhetorical terms. It shows the act of censorship (burning the book) in a straightforward, factual way, which can be seen as demonstrating the power of censorship.

• Option 1: The words used do not lack emotional connotations. Words like "burned" have strong emotional weight.
• Option 3: There is no real establishment of credibility as a Chicano author in this excerpt. It is more about the act of censorship.
• Option 4: There is no passionate argument; it is a factual presentation.

Answer:

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