Read the excerpts from “take the tortillas out of your poetry” and “speaking arabic.”

my friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of receiving a fellowship. he took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of spanish, english, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. in other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry.

at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom-pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, “i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel—so lonely for one.” and the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head.

which best states how the word choice is similar in both excerpts?

a .each author uses non-english words and figurative language.
b. each author uses technical words and neutral language.
c. each author uses nonsense words and invented language.
d. each author uses confrontational words and persuasive language.

A .Each author uses non-English words and figurative language.

Explanation:

You can see plenty of non-english words in both of the excerpts. The first one has words such as pachuco and tortilla, the second one uses Oom-pah and Gorditas.

Also, both excerpts have figurative language:

"he took the tortillas out of his poetry"

and "And the tall American trees were dangling their thick branches branches right down over his head"

you can change by someone having a negative opinon of you in many ways for example thi can lead to depression and taking of ones life also known as sucide this effects there self esteem and ego in a negative way making them feel sad depressed and stressed causing them to act gloomy and sad if this continuses this can lead to self harm or much worse things.

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