Asecond pistol-shot flew wide. a third grazed the dogs hip. from all directions people were running towards the station. a man darted into a house next door, and emerged carrying a shotgun. this he steadied on the veranda-rail not forty feet away from the leaping dog, and made raedy to fire. which plot element is represented by the passage? a. conflict b. rising action c. climax d. falling action

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