Question

passage 1 passage 2 how does the author of passage 2 use rhetorical devices? 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. 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 on the left presents the positive aspects of social - media for students like better academic performance and educational discussions. None of the rhetorical device descriptions in the options match the content of passage 2 as there is no allusion, over - statement, parallelism about harm, or understatement to make benefits seem comical. Since the question asks about passage 2 but only passage 1 is shown, we assume the answer is based on the content of passage 1. Passage 1 doesn't use any of the mentioned rhetorical devices either. But if we consider the general idea of the question, we need to analyze the options. There is no evidence in the given passage 1 for any of the rhetorical devices described.

Answer:

There is not enough information in the provided passage 1 to determine how the author of passage 2 uses rhetorical devices.