When you hear the door open and you home alone

Over the years, the colony of jamestown failed to establish peace with powhatan american indians. make itself a permanent colony. grow enough tobacco for export to europe. establish a representative government.

The committee of correspondence: a)directed colonial militias b)organized boycotts of british goods. c) raised funds for colonial legislatures d) spoke with foreign governments.

My latest book, fightin’, prose short fiction, is a combination. there’s nothing about being indian in there. just stories of people. why shouldn’t i write about non-indians? i don’t have to dress anybody in feathers." how does ortiz's use of language in this excerpt set an informal tone? a. by using contractions and sentence fragments, ortiz makes this part of the interview feel more familiar and casual. c. by using the term "indian" rather than "native american," ortiz makes this part of the interview feel more combative or hostile. b. by employing first-person pronouns, ortiz makes this part of the interview more solemn and pessimistic. d. by asking a rhetorical question, ortiz makes this part of the interview objectively and intentionally funny and lighthearted.