Jack and Diane have their principal residence in Kansas. They operate a small retail business in town and they own the building that is used for their shop. In addition, they have an apartment building with 15 units. Jack and Diane paid real property taxes on each of these three buildings. The real property tax is a deduction (for/from) AGI on their principal residence, (for/from) AGI on their retail shop, and (for/from) AGI on their rental property.

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