Which is the best example of a reliable source when researching the relationship between text messaging and literacy?
a scholarly article that was written and published 15 years ago
a study published on the Department of Education's website two years ago
a recent blog post by a teacher complaining Scout texting language in her students work
a meme that shows a scene from a Shakespeare play translated into a text message conversation

a study published on the Department of Education's website two years ago

Explanation:

A reliable source of information can be defined as the information that provides a thorough as well as well explained theory, discussion, or argument. The content of the reliable source of information is based on the strong evidence. This is based on the peer review. The content is based on the reviewed articles, books, newspaper, and research papers. The reliable source is the product of original research.  

The department of education is expected to give a reliable information on the website as it is government regulating body and it is expected to create awareness among the people. The relationship between the text messaging and literacy will include features like type of literature used for the text messaging. So, the department of education can provide suitable and reliable information for this topic.

the rhetorical technique most used in this excerpt is parallelism. parallelism is a technique which author used in sentence as substitute of repeated synthetical similarities. it is the effect of rhetorical technique.

explanation:

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.