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 sto
about the burning of my novel, bless me, ultima. the book was banned from high school classes in bloomfield, nev
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.