Read this excerpt from The People Could Fly. Jim went on back to the plantation. He found the slaveowner, and he says, "Mas, I wanter tell you about this cooter down there at the pond."

"Well, what about it?" said the slaveowner.

"Mas," says Jim, "that cooter can talk. And he don't just talk. He taken out his fiddle and he play on it, pretty as you please."

"Oh, get out!" said the slaveowner. "You know that's not true." "Tis too true," said Jim, as calm as he could, "He speak to me and play and sing for me nearly every day now."

The slaveowner had to laugh. "Well, then, Jim," he said, "if it's true, I'll give you your freedom. But if it's not true, I'm going to give you the worst whippin you ever had in your life."

The details in the excerpt show readers that the slaveowner

thinks that Jim is trying to trick him.
is excited to hear the turtle’s fiddle.
appreciates Jim’s sense of humor.
is angry that the turtle lives in his pond.

Read the excerpts from “take the tortillas out of your poetry” and “speaking arabic.” my friend had concluded that if he took his language and culture out of his poetry, he stood a better chance of receiving a fellowship. he took out his native language, the poetic patois of our reality, the rich mixture of spanish, english, pachuco and street talk which we know so well. in other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry. at a neighborhood fair in texas, somewhere between the german oom-pah sausage stand and the mexican gorditas booth, i overheard a young man say to his friend, “i wish i had a heritage. sometimes i feel—so lonely for one.” and the tall american trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head. which best states how the structures of both excerpts support ideas about cultural diversity? each incorporates non-english words. each incorporates academic words. each incorporates offensive words. each incorporates nonsense words.