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 1 use rhetorical devices?
the writer uses parallelism to repeat several positive aspects of social media
the writer uses a rhetorical question to introduce the positive effects of social media
the writer uses overstatement to reveal the positive aspects of social media
the writer uses understatement to emphasize social medias benefits

Explanation:

The passage starts with the rhetorical question "Why would you limit something that helps students succeed?". This question is used to introduce the positive effects of social - media on students. There is no parallelism, overstatement, or understatement used in the given passage.

Answer:

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