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 the rhetorical appeal used to illustrate the destructive nature of censorship?
factual evidence is used to appeal to the reader’s sense of logic
a painful event is described to appeal to the reader’s sympathy
the author’s novel is referenced to appeal to his credibility as a writer
a strong opinion is presented to appeal to the reader’s anger

Answer 1

a

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Factual evidence is used to appeal to the reader’s sense of logic describes the rhetorical appeal used in illustrating the destructive nature of censorship.

Answer: Option A

Step-by-step explanation:

Rudolf Anaya in his poem ‘Take the tortilla out of the poetry’ establishes strong evidence against the censorship of multi-cultural writers and their works. Anaya emphasizes that in the early 1960’s, the books written in another language depicting a different culture, other than English, were banned.

He explains that this was because the books might not be understandable and have no significance to the ‘universal readers’. He supports his argument by providing the evidence of burning his Spanish book in the school by the censor board.