"so my message is simple. it is time to stop rewarding businesses that ship jobs overseas, and start rewarding companies that create jobs right here in america. send me these tax reforms, and i will sign them right away."—president obama, 2012 state of the union address in this quote, the president is asking the american people to convince their state legislatures to reduce taxes on imports american people to start new businesses that operate only within the country congress to change tax policies that favor employing people in other countries congress to send funds to foreign businesses to them move into the nation

My latest book, fightin’, prose short fiction, is a combination. there’s nothing about being indian in there. just stories of people. why shouldn’t i write about non-indians? i don’t have to dress anybody in feathers." how does ortiz's use of language in this excerpt set an informal tone? a. by using contractions and sentence fragments, ortiz makes this part of the interview feel more familiar and casual. c. by using the term "indian" rather than "native american," ortiz makes this part of the interview feel more combative or hostile. b. by employing first-person pronouns, ortiz makes this part of the interview more solemn and pessimistic. d. by asking a rhetorical question, ortiz makes this part of the interview objectively and intentionally funny and lighthearted.