Read the excerpts from “take the tortillas out of your poetry” and “speaking arabic.”

my friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of receiving a fellowship. he took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of spanish, english, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. in other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry.

at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom-pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, “i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel—so lonely for one.” and the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head.

which structural element is used in the excerpt by anaya but not in the excerpt by nye?
pathos
anecdote
tone
logos

The right answer is the logos. There is an intention in "Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetry" to persuade the reader of the wrongness of the poet's decision to take the language and the culture (the "tortillas") out of his poetry in order to be better positioned to receive a fellowship, since, as the author contends, that's like taking "the soul out of his poetry." He is very critical of his friend's decision, and by presenting a well-thought and reasonable argument, he expects the reader to feel the same way.

logos

Explanation:

In these excerpts, we can see that Anaya uses logos in his writing, while Nye does not. Both authors tell us a personal anecdote. In it, they use pathos in order to appeal to the audience, as well as tone. However, only Anaya uses logos. Anaya tells us that his friend took his language and culture out of his poetry in order to be able to receive a fellowship. He also tells us that this meant he had to take out the soul of his poetry. This is an account that involves logic and appeals to the reason of the reader.

answer: c

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