Epidemiology’s Fight Against Ebola%0D%0Aby Carol Hand%0D%0A%0D%0AEmile was a two-year-old boy living in Meliandou, a village in the West African nation of Guinea. In December 2013, Emile may have been bitten by a fruit bat, a common animal in West Africa. On December 26, he became ill. He died two days later. By January 14, his three-year-old sister, his mother, and his grandmother had also died. No one yet realized it, but researchers now believe Emile was patient zero—the first person to contract and begin spreading the Ebola virus during this outbreak. There have been more than two dozen Ebola outbreaks since the virus’s discovery in 1976. The 2014 outbreak quickly became by far the most devastating.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AExcerpt from Epidemiology: The Fight Against Ebola & Other Diseases by Carol Hand published by ABDO Publishing © 2015 ABDO Consulting Group, Inc.%0D%0A%0D%0AQuestion%0D%0AUse the passage to answer the question.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat technique does the writer use to engage readers in this introductory paragraph?%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0Atelling an interesting or surprising fact%0D%0Atelling an interesting or surprising fact%0D%0A%0D%0Atelling a brief related story%0D%0Atelling a brief related story%0D%0A%0D%0Ausing a vivid image or description%0D%0Ausing a vivid image or description%0D%0A%0D%0Ausing a connection to the readers’ experiences

Answer 1

The technique that the writer uses to engage readers in this introductory paragraph is "telling a brief related story." By recounting the story of Emile, the two-year-old boy in Guinea who became the first known case in the Ebola outbreak, the writer personalizes the narrative and draws readers into the subject matter through a real-life example.