The author's opening lines ("America's boys... killing us") capture the audience's attention by
A
highlighting a disturbing statistic
B
sketching a hypothetical scenario
С
alluding to an anecdote about his son
D
presenting a startling claim
E
quoting the slogan of a political group

Answer:

D

Explanation:

I'm pretty sure it's D

The author's opening lines ("America's boys... killing us") capture the audience's attention by:

According to the given question, we are asked to show how the author captured the audience's attention and how he managed to do that.

As a result of this, we can see that the author made use of his opening lines to capture the attention of the audience by making a startling claim about the killing of American boys which captured their attention.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D

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