The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although there are no options attached.
The rhetorical device that is being used is ethos, the rhetorical device used to convince the audience using the emotions to persuade people.
The use of ethos affects the way the text is read and understood in that the author is including words and phrases such as " Denying hateful or historically ‘privileged’ voices a platform is thus necessary to make equality effective so that the marginalized and vulnerable can finally speak up—and be heard.”
These chosen ideas used by the author try to persuade the audience to create a kind of feeling and emotions that makes them react accordingly. That is the purpose of ethos.
Let's remember that the other two approaches are pathos and logos. Pathos uses the reputation of the speaker or author to try to convince the audience, while logos appeals to the reason, the logic, to explain something and convince the audience.
The sentence that shows the proper way to use a colon is: Van Gogh painted my two favorite pieces: Starry Night and Sunflowers. The punctuation mark, colon (:) is generally used when introducing a list. But a certain rule is applied when using this punctuation mark. It should not be used if it is directly followed by a verb or preposition.
The one that is not addressed by the high school step team is :
C. peer pressure can sometimes be a good thing
As long as the pressure is to do something positive (like taking chances, or speak up your mind)
Hope this helps
John, whose science project is a complex undertaking, decided to stay after school to get guidance from his teacher.
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Clarification of arguments
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Establishment of facts
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Evaluation of Logic</span><span>
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