Which excerpt from Fast Food Nation best illustrates the use of the rhetorical appeal logos? Teenagers open the fast food outlet
s in the morning, close them at night, and keep them going at all hours in between. Elisa’s mother usually drives her the half-mile or so to the restaurant, but sometimes Elisa walks, leaving home before the sun rises. The labor practices of the fast food industry have their origins in the assembly line systems adopted by American manufacturers in the early twentieth century. Fast food kitchens often seem like a scene from Bugsy Malone, a film in which all the actors are children pretending to be adults.
Answer: The labor practices of the fast food industry have their origins in the assembly line systems adopted by American manufacturers in the early twentieth century.
An appealtologos is one in which the author tries to convince his audience of a particular view or position by providing facts and evidence. It is a successful and common rhetorical device. In this passage, the author makes an appeal to logos by telling us that the practices of this industry have their origins in the assembly line systems of the early twentieth century. This is a fact that is falsifiable (that can be proven right or wrong).
The answer is C: The labor practices of the fast food industry have their origins in the assembly line systems adopted by American manufacturers in the early twentieth century.
