English, 09.03.2021 14:00 101EXPERIENCE

Read the paragraph from "The Limits of Empathy" Some influences, which we think of as trivial, are much stronger-such as a temporary burst of positive emotion. In one experiment in the 1970s, researchers planted a dime in a phone booth. Eighty-seven percent of the people who found the dime offered to help a person who dropped some papers nearby, compared with only 4 percent who didn't find a dime. Empathy doesn't produce anything like this kind of effect

How does the rhetorical technique used in this paragraph help readers understand the author's purpose?

The author uses a paradox to inform readers

The author uses a rhetorical question to persuade readers

The author uses hyperbole to entertain readers

The author uses an anecdote to inform readers.

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Read the paragraph from "The Limits of Empathy" Some influences, which we think of as trivial, are...