Rhetorical Devices

What is the primary rhetorical device used in the passage's opening paragraph to engage the reader?

The phrase "equivalent to the weight of nearly 1,500 jumbo jets" is an example of which rhetorical device?

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Fill in the blank: The passage compares food waste to a global environmental impact.

(a)  

How does the passage use a rhetorical question in the final paragraph to engage the reader?

Which rhetorical device is used when the passage states that food waste produces methane, "25 times more potent than carbon dioxide"?

• Analogy

• Hyperbole

• Statistic

• Personification

Fill in the blank: The passage uses the phrase "future leaders and decision-makers" to appeal to students' sense of responsibility.

(a)  

How does the passage use an appeal to ethos to strengthen its argument about food waste solutions?

What rhetorical device is evident in the phrase "food waste is responsible for approximately 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions"?

• Hyperbole

• Statistic

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Fill in the blank: The passage uses a simile to compare the amount of water wasted to the annual water supply of New York City.

(a)  

How does the passage use pathos to persuade readers about the economic impact of food waste?