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 how anaya effectively uses rhetorical appeal to convince readers that censorship is a tool of the powerful? anaya uses words that lack emotional connotations to present a painful anecdote from his life anaya presents facts from a newspaper story about school board members burning his books anaya establishes his credibility as a published chicano author by referring to his first novel anaya delivers a passionate argument against the ability of school boards to ban books

Explanation:

Rhetorical appeal through presenting facts can be effective. Anaya uses a newspaper - reported fact about school board members burning his book to show the act of censorship. This factual presentation makes the case for censorship as a tool of the powerful more convincing.

Answer:

Anaya presents facts from a newspaper story about school board members burning his books.