Read the excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one. which phrase from the excerpt uses formal english? “many of us enjoy sampling books” “that activity can be justified by no one” “as we know more and more” “the breads of many many groups”

“that activity can be justified by no one”

Explanation:

Formal English often has bigger words, longer sentences, and may not use a more common grammatical structure. This phrase "that activity can be justified by no one" uses a more formal grammatical structure. Informally English speakers would usually say "No one can justify that activity". The repetition of the same word for emphasis is considered informal language. This happens in the answer options C and D with "more and more" and "many many".

“that activity can be justified by no one”

Explanation:

Formal English often has bigger words, longer sentences, and may not use a more common grammatical structure. This phrase "that activity can be justified by no one" uses a more formal grammatical structure. Informally English speakers would usually say "No one can justify that activity". The repetition of the same word for emphasis is considered informal language. This happens in the answer options C and D with "more and more" and "many many".

overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.

the rhetoric device being used to persuade the audience is pathos.