Question

a look at the fast-food industry by eric schlosser
pre-test complete
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which excerpt from fast food nation best illustrates the use of the rhetorical appeal pathos?
○ teenagers have long provided the fast food industry with the bulk of its workforce.
○ the strict regimentation at fast food restaurants creates standardized products.
○ although richard and mac mcdonald introduced the division of labor to the restaurant business, it was a mcdonald’s executive named fred turner who created a production system of unusual thoroughness and attention to detail.
○ but the stance of the fast food industry on issues involving employee training, the minimum wage, labor unions, and overtime pay strongly suggests that its motives in hiring the young, the poor, and the handicapped are hardly altruistic.

Explanation:

Pathos appeals to emotions. The third option ("But the stance...hardly altruistic") evokes a sense of moral judgment and empathy by highlighting the fast - food industry's questionable motives toward vulnerable groups (young, poor, handicapped), stirring emotional response. The first two options are factual/descriptive, lacking emotional appeal.

Answer:

C. But the stance of the fast food industry on issues involving employee training, the minimum wage, labor unions, and overtime pay strongly suggests that its motives in hiring the young, the poor, and the handicapped are hardly altruistic.