Question

Fast food kitchens often seem like a scene from Bugsy Malone, a film in which all the actors are children pretending to be adults.

—Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser

What makes the evidence effective? Check all of the boxes that apply. It helps the reader better visualize just how many young people work in the fast-food industry. It compares the fast-food industry to the filmmaking industry. It shows that adults make better fast-food employees than teens. It supports the reasoning that the fast-food industry values a younger workforce over adult workers.

Answer 1

A - It helps the reader better visualize just how many young people work in the fast-food industry.

D - It supports the reasoning that the fast-food industry values a younger workforce over adult workers.

Answer 2

The correct answer is the following: option A and option D. What makes the evidence effective is that it helps the reader better visualize just how many people work in the fast-food industry. And that it supports the reasoning that the fast-food industry values a younger workforce over adult workers.

The quote that is taken as an evidence makes a comparison between a film in which all the actors are children pretending to be adults and the real life fast-food kitchens. By doing this the evidence is effective in the sense that it helps the reader visualize how many young people work in fast-food chains thanks to the reference of a popular film, while still supporting the concept of fast-food industries relying mostly on a younger workforce than a more mature one.