In the opening paragraphs, Warzel’s emphasis on online reactions before facts emerged primarily highlights what rhetorical concept?

The phrase “algorithmic internet at work” suggests what about digital platforms?

What best explains Warzel’s inclusion of multiple social media posts about the alleged shooter’s family?

By referencing conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein, Warzel illustrates what rhetorical effect?

Which description of bullet casings inscribed with memes best reveals Warzel’s commentary on shooter identity?

What rhetorical strategy is most evident when Warzel contrasts targeted assassination with mass shootings?

The term “justification machine” most directly refers to what?

In describing Turning Point USA’s sale of $35 memorial shirts, Warzel critiques what tendency?

What rhetorical appeal is strongest when Warzel writes, “the point is for people to see it, for people like me to write it down”?

Which rhetorical situation element is emphasized when Warzel highlights how platforms amplify outrage for profit?

What is the central claim of the article?

How does Warzel’s tone shift when describing the economic and political context of violence?

What rhetorical choice is revealed when Warzel lists overlapping crises such as polarization, loneliness, and distrust?

In the essay, Warzel’s reference to “shadowboxing the machine” conveys what?

Which rhetorical device is most visible in the statement “reward outrage and outrageousness; collapse context; privilege conflict”?

Warzel’s statement that shooters act out to get the world “to respond” supports what larger idea?

When Warzel describes his own reaction to Kirk’s death autoplaying on timelines, he appeals primarily to:

The conclusion of the article most directly implies what about online platforms?

How does Warzel’s use of specific social media figures (e.g., Musk, Mace) affect his argument?

What rhetorical situation component best explains why Warzel published this essay in The Atlantic?

How does Warzel’s discussion of the online search for the shooter’s ideology illustrate audience behavior?

The inclusion of Nancy Mace’s shifting statements exemplifies what rhetorical choice?

Warzel’s repeated phrase “very online” signals what about shooter identity?

What rhetorical purpose is served by citing niche memes on bullet casings?

By describing shooters as performing for one another, Warzel frames them primarily as:

The reference to “Columbine obsessives” in the essay serves what rhetorical role?

When Warzel notes that shooters want “to be remembered,” what rhetorical concept is emphasized?

The author’s listing of online responses from 4chan, X, and Bluesky demonstrates:

How does Warzel’s depiction of “hybrid threat networks” strengthen his argument?

What rhetorical strategy underlies Warzel’s comparison of fandoms to political ideologies?

The passage describing shooters as acting “for an audience” underscores what rhetorical appeal?

Warzel’s observation that platforms “reward outrage and outrageousness” best illustrates what claim?

The phrase “constant A/B test” highlights what about online discourse?

Which best describes Warzel’s argument about the commercialization of violence?

Warzel’s self-reflection on feeling “sick” when seeing Kirk’s death autoplayed primarily functions as:

The recurring emphasis on “certainty” in online discourse critiques what?

Warzel’s portrayal of algorithms as “company secrets” underscores what about the rhetorical situation?

The accumulation of issues such as loneliness, alienation, and distrust functions rhetorically to:

Warzel’s description of online dialogue as rewarding “in-group performance” critiques what aspect of audience?

In publishing the essay immediately after Kirk’s death, Warzel demonstrates what rhetorical concept?