1 of 1 31. Read the following passage from the beginning of "Rhinoceros."
(1 point)
We were sitting outside the cafe, my friend Jean and I, peacefully talking about one
thing and another, when we caught sight of it on the opposite pavement, huge and
powerful, panting noisily, charging straight ahead and brushing against market stalls
-a rhinoceros. People in the street stepped hurriedly aside to let it pas. A housewife
uttered a cry of terror, her basket dropped from her hands, the wine from a broken
bottle spread over the pavement, and some pedestrians, one of them an elderly man,
rushed into the shops. It was all over like a flash of lightning. People emerged from
their hiding places and gathered in groups which watched the rhinoceros disappear
in the distance, made some comments on the incident and then dispersed.
Which of the following stylistic elements is used by the writer to create humor in these lines?
hyperbole
incongruity
irony
sarcasm

Read this excerpt from leah missbach day's foreword to wheels of change. as wbr's resident photographer i am privileged to see firsthand the impact bicycles have on the lives of our recipients. why does the author include this excerpt?

How do you think advertising directed at children influences what they buy or ask parents to buy

Instructions: the following argument argues for advertising to children. read the argument and answer the question that follows: topic and question advertising: should companies be allowed to advertise to children? ineffective argument i think that advertising to children is necessary. how else will we know what we can buy? i think that children are not aware of the products that are available. most children don’t own cars and can’t drive to stores to look around. the only way we know what we can buy is by seeing advertisements on tv. my friend really likes advertisements, too. he said, "how will we know what to buy if we don’t see advertisements? " seriously, children are consumers, too. we know what we like and we ask our parents to buy these products for us. i know that i like certain cereals, but how would i know that if i did not see advertisements? i love those commercials! kids are people, too. why is the argument ineffective? in a paragraph of 7–10 complete sentences, explain why the following parts of the argument are ineffective, and how they can be improved: claim support conclusion clincher point of view transitions