The technique the writer uses to engage readers in this introductory paragraph is telling a brief related story. The narrative of Emile, his illness, and the subsequent deaths in his family provides a personal and compelling context to the Ebola outbreak.
Epidemiology’s Fight Against Ebola by Carol Hand Emile 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.
Use the passage to answer the question. What technique does the writer use to engage readers in this introductory paragraph? (1 point) Responses telling a brief related story telling a brief related story using a vivid image or description using a vivid image or description telling an interesting or surprising fact telling an interesting or surprising fact using a connection to the readers’ experiences using a connection to the readers’ experiences
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