Exploring Cultural Identity through Language — Quiz
Question 9 • English Language Arts 11
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?
Answer
A
Anaya uses words that lack emotional connotations to present a painful anecdote from his life.
B
Anaya presents facts from a newspaper story about school board members burning his books.
C
Anaya establishes his credibility as a published Chicano author by referring to his first novel.
D
Anaya delivers a passionate argument against the ability of school boards to ban books.
Explanation
Anaya supports his point with a specific newspaper account: the book was banned from high school classes, and a school board member said the board personally saw that the books were burned. These concrete details show school officials using their authority to censor a book, making A, the choice about presenting facts from the newspaper story, the best answer.
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