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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 a story about El Lider's baseball career (an anecdote). The second excerpt tells a personal story about the narrator's interaction with Carolyn (also an anecdote). Anecdotes are used to engage the reader emotionally. Factual evidence (like statistics or research - not present here), career credentials (like lists of jobs/degrees - not here), or political events (not in these excerpts) are not the main elements.

Answer:

Each relates an anecdote to appeal to the reader’s emotions.