Read the lines from "The Turtle.” breaks from the blue-black skin of the water, dragging her shell with its mossy scutes across the shallows and through the rushes The word "dragging” shows that the turtle is weak from swimming in the ocean. the turtle has an odd physical appearance. the turtle’s movements are awkward and difficult. the turtle’s natural instincts are holding her back.

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