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Read the excerpts from "Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetry" and "Speaking Arabic.

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Explanation:

Both of the authors use non-English words in their writing. According to the content of the paragraphs, these words are associated with Mexican and German heritage. Some examples of these words that we can see in the two passages are: pachuco, oom-pah, and gordita.

Figurative language is also present in the passages. For example, we see personification used when the trees are described as 'American' and they also dangle their branches as if they were arms.

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