Mr. Varol, a middle school teacher, doesn't quite know what to make of Jacob, one of his high-achieving students. When Mr. Varol
assigns a challenging in-class project that has to be completed within a certain time period and as part of a cooperative learning group, Jacob often ignores the efforts of the other members of his group and continues to work beyond the time limit. The behavior that Jacob exhibits under these conditions most likely reflects _______.
Jacob has a few symptoms of learning disability: he is much too focused on the task and on his work, ignores the work of others, has no time references. This could mean a learning disability (if taken the example in depth). Mr. Varol could talk to his parents to find out more about Jacob's life and determine if he has, indeed, a disability.
The rhetorical device most clearly used here is the Enumeration. This device is used to list the details or qualities of a character. In this example, it is mentioned a list of attitudes that the character being described has.