What technique does the author use in each excerpt to
support her purpose?

The first excerpt uses narrative techniques, and the
second excerpt uses quotations.
The first excerpt uses facts and statistics, and the
secondboxcerpt is told as a story.
The first excerpt relies on emotional words, and the
second excerpt uses long explanations.
The first excerpt relies on strong words, and the
second excerpt is told from a first-person point of view.