A Look at the Fast-Food Industry by Eric Schlosser

Question 2 • 2026-2027_MDCPS_1001375_English 3 B-CR

Which excerpt from Fast Food Nation best illustrates the use of the rhetorical appeal logos?

Answer

Teenagers open the fast food outlets 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.

Explanation

Logos is an appeal to reason, often built through factual information or cause-and-effect explanations. Choice C connects fast-food labor practices to a specific historical development—the assembly-line systems adopted by American manufacturers in the early twentieth century. The other excerpts mainly describe people or use a comparison, rather than making a logical, evidence-based point.

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