15. What impact does the personification of the speaker’s heart and the imagined conversation between the speaker and her heart have on the tone in Passage 4?
A. The literary devices work together to create a scornful tone.
B. The literary devices work together to create an ironic (unexpected) tone of
understatement.
C. Both literary devices impart (communicate) a tone of sadness and regret.
D. The literary devices together create a whimsical (playful/amusing) tone.

I’ve given a lot of thought to what one of them should be, and the answer seems clear.

Read this 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 of these changes would make this excerpt more argumentative? using words that affect the audience’s sense of trustusing less repetition of certain words and phrasesincluding words that address logic and reasonincluding words that are charged with emotion

In the space below, enter the three discussion question stems you selected, and the answers you wrote as you reread the speech. even though this was a note-taking exercise, the answers should still be complete sentences, with correct spelling and punctuation.