Read the excerpt from “Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetry.” For me, reading has always been a path toward liberation and fulfillment. To learn to read is to start down the road of liberation, a road which should be accessible to everyone. No one has the right to keep you from reading, and yet that is what is happening in many areas in this country today. There are those who think they know best what we should read. These censors are at work in all areas of our daily lives.

Which best describes the rhetoric used in this excerpt to increase the reader’s awareness of censorship?
A factual evidence is used to appeal to the reader’s sense of logic
B a strong opinion is presented to appeal to the reader’s sense of justice
C an emotional anecdote is related to appeal to the reader’s sympathy
D the author’s love of reading is referenced to appeal to his character

B a strong opinion is presented to appeal to the reader’s sense of justice

Explanation:

From the passage above, the author presents a strong personal opinion on the importance of freedom to access information. He projects this opinion on the readers by appealing to their sense of fairness. The readers are then moved to reason on how it is wrong for people to be prohibited from reading. Since the writer presents reading as something that should be accessible to everyone, a sense of justice will demand that no one is restricted from reading what they desire.

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

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