Select the correct sentence.

Although cats are fine pets, I would rather have a dog.
Cats are fine pets, if you like them, I would rather have a dog.

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I love to sing Christmas carols, though I cannot always carry the tune.
I love to sing Christmas carols, I cannot always carry the tune.

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Do not plant the seeds too deeply, they will not come up.
If you plant the seeds too deeply, they will not come up.

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