Question

analyzing rhetorical devices
how does the author of passage 1 use rhetorical
passage 1 passage 2
devices?
why would you limit something that helps
the writer uses a rhetorical question to introduce
the positive effects of social media.
students succeed? social media sites help
students do better at school. students report that
the writer uses understatement to emphasize
they use social media to discuss educational
social medias benefits.
topics and talk about school assignments. after
the writer uses overstatement to reveal the positive
the university of the scholars introduced a social
media program to engage students, teachers
aspects of social media.
reported a noticeable improvement in grades.
the writer uses parallelism to repeat several
positive aspects of social media.

Explanation:

The passage begins with the rhetorical question "Why would you limit something that helps students succeed?" This question is not meant to be answered literally but rather to prompt the reader to consider the positive aspects of social media (as the following text elaborates on social - media's benefits like students discussing educational topics and improved grades). Rhetorical questions are used to engage the reader and introduce an idea (in this case, the positive effects of social media).
Understatement would involve downplaying something, but the text is highlighting benefits. Overstatement would be exaggerating, but there's no indication of that here. Parallelism is about similar grammatical structures, which is not the case in the opening of this passage.

Answer:

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