Question

identify rhetorical appeals
if we leave out our tortillas - and by that i mean the language, history, cultural values and themes of our literature - the very culture were portraying will die. publishing has often forced us to do just that. trade publishers who control publishing in this country continue to have a very narrow view of the literature of this country. at a time when multicultural diversity is challenging the literary canon, the major publishers still are slow to respond to the literary output of chicano writers. after twenty - five years of contemporary chicano writings, there are still only three or four chicano writers who

Explanation:

• Logos: Logos is an appeal to logic or reason. It uses facts, statistics, or logical arguments. The sentence "After twenty - five years of contemporary Chicano writings, there are still only three or four Chicano writers who publish with the big trade publishers" presents a factual statement about the state of Chicano writers in the publishing industry. This is a logical appeal as it is based on observable data (the number of years and the number of writers).
• Pathos: Pathos is an appeal to emotion. The phrase "the very culture we're portraying will die" is designed to evoke an emotional response. The idea of a culture dying can make the reader feel sad, concerned, or defensive about the preservation of that culture. It tugs at the heartstrings rather than presenting a logical argument.
• Ethos: Ethos is an appeal to ethics or the credibility of the speaker. There is no indication in the given text that the author is establishing their credibility (e.g., by citing their own experience in the publishing industry or their expertise in Chicano literature) in these particular phrases.

Answer:

• "the very culture we're portraying will die": Pathos
• "After twenty - five years of contemporary Chicano writings, there are still only three or four Chicano writers who publish with the big trade publishers": Logos