Answer:
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.
Answer: they're both directed towards something
Explanation:
Answer:
1. Allusion – c
2. Simile – a
3. Metaphor – b
Explanation:
a. I defeated my opponent as easily as sliding a knife through butter...
<em>A simile is a comparison using either of the terms "like" or "as".</em>
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b. My opponent's face became a white sheet when he saw me arrive...
<em>A metaphor is a comparison without using the terms "like" and "as".</em>
c. He was the rock to my paper, the paper to my scissors
<em>Alluding to the game of rock, paper, and scissors.</em>
a alligator tried to kill me and my dad?
C. the characterization of Juliet as a loyal and independent woman
