The option that best describes how Anaya effectively uses rhetoric in the excerpt to convince readers that his conclusion is justified is:
B) Anaya establishes his credibility as a published Chicano author by discussing his career experience.
Explanation:
Rhetoric concerns the use of devices and strategies to convince the audience of your opinion or perspective. A commonly efficient way to do so is by establishing your own credibility concerning the subject. That is what Anaya is doing in this excerpt. He gets to talk about language and culture in American literature, and be taken seriously while doing it, due to his credibility as a published Chicano author. His life and career are devoted and dependent on this subject, which gives him some sort of authority to discuss it.
Kamen gives the opinion that his equipment was complicated. He supports this opinion with facts; for example, he says that people "had trouble wiring it" and that he "spent several days" fixing it.
Explanation:
This is just the example that ed uses, so I wouldn't suggest copying and pasting, but this should help. :)
