A man walked down the hallway in an orange jumpsuit. A sheriff walked next to him, and guided him by the arm through some large
double doors. Reporters and cameras swarmed around them, but the man never looked at them. Which of the following choices contains information that can be inferred from the situation? The man in the jumpsuit was probably in jail.
The man in the jumpsuit had probably committed a crime that people were interested in knowing about.
It is likely the man was being escorted into a courtroom during a trial.
The man was probably being arrested because he was being escorted by a sheriff and had a jumpsuit, people were probably interested because of the cameras, and the large double doors indicate an important official building.
If the essay includes an unfortunate description about families who were impacted by drinking and driving, the author of the essay is likely wanting their readers to sympathize with or pity those families. This falls under pathos, which is defined as "a quality that evokes pity or sadness."