Question

How does the authors’ inclusion of the bar graph and the data table contribute to their purposes in the articles?

Both text features add emotional appeal by describing how students feel about cafeteria food.

Both text features use quantitative evidence to make each author’s argument about reducing food waste more convincing to readers.

The text features provide background information unrelated to the authors’ main arguments.

Answer 1

Both text features use quantitative evidence to make each author’s argument about reducing food waste more convincing to readers.

Explanation: The bar graph and data table present numerical information (e.g., amounts wasted, survey counts or percentages), which supports the authors’ claims, makes trends easier to see, and increases credibility. They are not primarily emotional appeals or irrelevant background.