The claim that Biss is trying to make is that students on college campus's have no regard for real life, and those who are supposed to enforce laws, teach, and be role models for these students treat them differently because they are college students.
The device that Biss uses is Imagery. She gives the audience a clear picture of what the students are doing that is so surprising to her. She gives colors, descriptions, and details so that they audience can see the surrounding as well as she can.
She also has a very distinct tone that lets the audience know she is shocked by the behavior of not only the students but those who don't treat the students as adults, and are not surprised by their behavior.
The most distinct repetition she uses is giving different things that the students do to disappoint, and surprise her. One example being at the beginning of the article she states that students spend time throwing bean bags on front lawns, and goes on in the article to state, after the disaster in iowa city and devastation, that students were still sitting on lawns throwing bean bags.
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