Nhis speech about the rising cost of textbooks, eli said, "for example, let’s imagine that there is a college student named joe. joe is taking public speaking, composition, algebra, and biology this semester. if joe had walked into the book store to buy his textbooks in 1985, he probably would have paid around $400 for his books, but today, joe’s books would probably cost around $800." what kind of support material is eli using? group of answer choices

1. real example
2. hypothetical example
3. analogy
4. metapho

2). Hypothetical example.

Explanation:

Hypothetical examples are one of the most commonly employed support material that the authors/speakers use to demonstrate and back their claim. It involves a fictional illustration that primarily aims to elucidate the complex topic or situation that would make it convenient for the audience to understand the point more effectively.

In the given description, Eli takes a 'hypothetical example' i.e. a fictional character named 'Joe' to elaborate her point regarding the 'rising cost of textbooks' with time. This fictional/hypothetical illustration not only supports her claim but also clarifies her key idea constructively that would comprehend the readers' understanding and evoke the desired response from them. Thus, option 2 is the correct answer.

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.

the correct answer is:   [d]:   " diagram "   .

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