Which detail from "telephone conversation" best contributes to its humorous tone?
1) "madam," i warned, "i hate a wasted journey—i am african."
2) silence. silenced transmission of pressurized good breeding.
3) red booth. red pillar-box. red double-tiered omnibus squelching tar.
3) "facially, i am brunette, but madam, you should see the rest of me."
is my answer correct?

Read the excerpt from “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” i do not believe we should have to leave out the crucial elements of our language and culture to contribute to american literature, but, unfortunately, this is a conclusion i am forced to reach. i have been writing for a quarter century, and have been a published author for eighteen years. as a writer, i was part of the chicano movement which created a new literature in this country. which type of rhetoric is used most in the excerpt to convince readers that anaya’s conclusion is accurate? an appeal based on emotion an appeal based on logic an appeal based on the author’s character an appeal based on the author’s feelings