Read the excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one. which phrase from the excerpt uses formal english?

The formal English is mostly used in the writing, the formal language involves longer words with origins in Latin and Greek while informal vocabulary has sorter words and the root of the words comes from Anglo-Saxon, the formal languages does not commonly use contractions or ellipsis. In this case in the text you should select the sentence "that activity can be justified by no one".

that activity can be justified by no one

Explanation:

In general, formal English is best characterized for being free from idioms, colloquialism, slang, and contractions, for using descriptive, precise and elegant words and impersonal pronouns, and for preferring the passive voice over the active voice. In the excerpt, the sentence that best exemplifies this type of diction is “that activity can be justified by no one” because it uses elegant and precise words, is impersonal, uses the passive voice and is does not contain any contraction and colloquialism.

i believe that's the correct answer