Due 3 July 2024
10 points
After reading Burciaga. Tortillas.pdf
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, answer FOUR of the following questions in complete sentences. Respond to ONE of your classmates. As always, your initial response is due by Wednesday, 3 July, at 11:59 p.m. and your responses to your classmate is due by Sunday, 7 July, at 11:59 p.m. Please respond in at least 150 words to your classmate to receive full credit.
What exactly is a tortilla?
Where does Burciaga provide a formal definition of tortilla? Why does he locate this formal definition where he does?
Burciaga states his thesis explicitly in his essay’s final sentence. Paraphrase this thesis. Why do you think he does not state it sooner? Do you think it was the right decision? Why or why not?
Why are tortillas so important to Burciaga? Is it just their versatility he admires, or do they represent something more to him?
Why do you think Burciaga uses humor in this essay? Is it consistent with his essay’s purpose? Could the humor have a negative effect on his audience? Explain.
Burciaga uses many Spanish words, but he defines only some of them — for example, taquitos de nopalitos and quesadilla in paragraph five and flautas and gorditas in paragraph six. Why do you think he defines some Spanish terms but not others? Should he have defined them all?
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