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 presents facts from a newspaper story about school board members burning his books.
B
Anaya establishes his credibility as a published Chicano author by referring to his first novel.
C
Anaya uses words that lack emotional connotations to present a painful anecdote from his life.
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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