Watch this video: The New 5 Second Rule: Redefining the First Impression Write between 50 and 100 words. What did you learn? What did you know already? What can you do next time you meet someone, either on line or in person? If you are stuck for an answer, ask your LC what they have found in life.

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