Question

tony is writing a speech about the negative influence of social media. read the excerpt from her speech. then, answer the question that follows.
as a peer mentor, many teens ask me if there is an easy way to avoid the pressure social media presents. do elephants fly?
which rhetorical device has tori used in the bolded portion of the excerpt?
antithesis
irony
rhetorical question
zeugma

Explanation:

The bolded question "Do elephants fly?" is not meant to be answered directly; it is used to emphasize that there is no easy way to avoid social media pressure, which fits the definition of a rhetorical question (a question posed for effect rather than to get an answer). Antithesis involves contrasting ideas, irony is a contrast between expectation and reality, and zeugma is using a word to modify two others in different ways, none of which apply here.

Answer:

B. Rhetorical question