Read the excerpt from “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” 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. which best explains how anaya’s word choice establishes his voice in the excerpt? anaya compares “tortillas” to “the soul” of a mexican-american writer, demonstrating the ability of these writers to combine spanish and english in their writing. anaya compares “tortillas” to “the soul” of a mexican-american writer, emphasizing his belief that writers must be allowed to express their culture and heritage. anaya compares “tortillas” to “the soul” of a mexican-american writer to persuade people to read more literature by writers that come from mixed heritages and diverse cultures. anaya compares “tortillas” to “the soul” of a mexican-american writer to express his opinion that only those writers who exist outside of the mainstream are worthy of an audience.

below i present a summary with the most relevant aspects of chapter 2, which were taken from karangan bahasa inggeris (english essays) spm: argumentative essays.

tuna wira

credit to mohana ram murugiah.

i hope to be of

teacher smiles at the students who wait for his signal to sit down. he nods briefly and the students sit down and get ready for the lesson to start. there is an air of quiet expectancy when teacher refers to the unusual things found underneath their houses that morning. whispers of bags of rice ran among the students and a student muttered reluctantly that the rice is rent for the landlord. this starts off the discussion on the issue of paying rent for the use of the landowner’s land. da wan raises the question of why the landlord owns the land rather than the farmer although they have spent a lot of time farming it. the three reasons of labour, need and inheritance are listed as reasons for the landlord’s ownership of the land. they are discussed and dismissed as inadequate reasons. they suggested a system of collective farming to the farmers. the headmaster comes down the corridor to observe the lesson. teacher very quickly changed the lesson to a geography wesson. the students followed his cue and no one gave the slightest notice < of the headmaster ‘s presence. when the headmaster leaves, teacher explains the implications of winning the scholarship. it involves bearing respontsibilities and the scholarship holder should master what is useful and return to the village. he should understand the injustices in the present system and change it to a fairer system. then, he announces the wiimnuir of the scholarship to be dawan.

i don't know sorry i cannot read a novel in 30 min.

explanation:

but just in case i think the answer is b.