Question in the picture ^^

I think it would be "The writer is using a special effect."

Explanation:

He/she is not emphasizing a point, not shifting to another speaker, and is not providing a transition. I could be wrong but that is my best guess.

onto a large boat, and mark the water level that the boat sinks to. then, take the elephant out and put a bunch of marked weights onto the boat until it reaches the same water level. add up the masses of the weights to get the weight of the elephant.