Once you have answered the questions for yourself, profile a fictional character from a television show, movie, or work of literature. The character that you choose should also currently be a teenager. After profiling the character, you are to write a 4-paragraph essay comparing yourself and your answers to your fictional profile; that includes an introductory paragraph, a comparing paragraph, a contrasting paragraph, and a concluding paragraph.

Read the excerpt from “take the tortillas out of your poetry.” i do not believe we should have to leave out the crucial elements of our language and culture to contribute to american literature, but, unfortunately, this is a conclusion i am forced to reach. i have been writing for a quarter century, and have been a published author for eighteen years. as a writer, i was part of the chicano movement which created a new literature in this country. which type of rhetoric is used most in the excerpt to convince readers that anaya’s conclusion is accurate? an appeal based on emotion an appeal based on logic an appeal based on the author’s character an appeal based on the author’s feelings