Question

passage 1 passage 2 how does the author of passage 2 use rhetorical devices? students who are heavy social media users will have lower grades. heavy social media users will have lower - quality work. heavy social media users will have lower test scores. heavy social media users will have lower gpas. most students who want to do well in school do not use social media. the writer uses allusion to reference another event where social media was detrimental. the writer uses overstatement to exaggerate the harm that social media causes. the writer uses parallelism to list the harm done by social media. the writer uses understatement to make the proposed benefits of social media seem comical.

Explanation:

The passage has a series of statements in the form "Heavy social - media users will have [negative outcome]" such as lower grades, lower - quality work, etc. This is an example of parallelism, which is the repetition of a grammatical structure. There is no allusion (no reference to another event), no overstatement (no exaggeration beyond what is stated), and no understatement (no down - playing of benefits).

Answer:

The writer uses parallelism to list the harm done by social media.