Read this excerpt:
A wave of mass hysteria seized thousands of radio
listeners between 8:15 and 9:30 o'clock last night when a
broadcast of a dramatization of H. G. Wells's fantasy, "The
War of the Worlds," led thousands to believe that an
interplanetary conflict had started with invading Martians
spreading wide death and destruction in New Jersey and
New York
- New York Times, "Radio Listeners in Panic," October 31,
1938
How does the New York Times article "Radio Listeners in Panic" give the
audience the background knowledge needed to understand the story?
O
A. By including a copy of H. G. Wells's classic novel with the
newspaper
O
B. By telling people they should have been listening to the broadcast
O
C. By making fun of the way people acted during the broadcast
O
D. By supplying the necessary information in the article's first
sentence