<span>Empathetic listening is paying attention to another person with empathy it is intended to clarify the facts or information being presented and to identify and respond to the emotions or feelings of the other person</span>
Assuming that you're referring to the excerpt about a woman who was criticized because she's not quitting her job because she got a baby
She felt that the man is simple minded and simply not intelligent enough understand that she need the job to pay the bills, so rather than responding verbally, she chose to display her retort in other ways
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The answer should be D) because A) is not tension, B) is really not tension, and C) is not suspense either so I would go with D) since we don't know what they're talking about and why so quiet.
Answer:
The writer uses creativity and humor to engage the reader.