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.

The graph and table both distract from the argument by focusing on numbers rather than real-life examples.

Answer 1

Both text features use quantitative evidence to make each author’s argument about reducing food waste more convincing to readers. They present numbers that support the authors’ claims and increase credibility.