Question

passage 1
why would you limit something that helps students succeed? social media sites help students do better at school. students report that they use social media to discuss educational topics and talk about school assignments. after the university of the scholars introduced a social media program to engage students, teachers reported a noticeable improvement in grades.
passage 2
how does the author of passage 2 use rhetorical devices?
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 question asks about rhetorical devices in a passage. Rhetorical analysis is a key part of Arts - Linguistics. The passage seems to discuss the use of social media in education. We need to identify the rhetorical device used by the author.

Answer:

No options are clearly marked as correct based on the given text. More context about the answer choices needed.