Question

analyzing rhetorical devices
passage 1 passage 2
how does the author of passage 1 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 a rhetorical question to introduce the positive effects of social media.
the writer uses understatement to emphasize social media’s benefits.
the writer uses overstatement to reveal the positive aspects of social media.
the writer uses parallelism to repeat several positive aspects of social media.

Explanation:

The passage starts with "Why would you limit something that helps students succeed?" which is a rhetorical question aiming to introduce positive aspects of social - media.

Answer:

The writer uses a rhetorical question to introduce the positive effects of social media.