Latina Poetry as an Expression of Cultural Heritage

Question 1

Anaya uses the word “tortillas” as a symbol for .

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Mexican American culture

Question 2

What is Anaya claiming by choosing the word “tortillas”?Publishing companies do not appreciate Mexican American culture.Trade publishers force authors to do what the rest of the country wants them to do.Mexican American culture has to be part of Mexican American literature to remain alive.

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Mexican American culture has to be part of Mexican American literature to remain alive.

Question 3

The phrase “the very culture we’re portraying will die” is an appeal to .

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pathos

Question 4

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” uses facts to appeal to .

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logos

Question 5

Why is the statistical fact presented in this passage an effective appeal to logos?

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It contrasts the vast number of years for which Chicano authors have been writing with the small number of authors who are accepted by big publishers.

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