Read the excerpt from e. o. wilson’s “the environmental ethic.”

why should we care? what difference does it make if some species are extinguished, if even half of all the species on earth disappear? let me count the ways. new sources of scientific information will be lost. vast potential biological wealth will be destroyed. still undeveloped medicines, crops, pharmaceuticals, timber, fibers, pulp, soil-restoring vegetation, petroleum substitutes, and other products and amenities will never come to light. it is fashionable in some quarters to wave aside the small and obscure, the bugs and weeds, forgetting that an obscure moth from latin america saved australia’s pastureland from overgrowth by cactus, that the rosy periwinkle provided the cure for hodgkin’s disease and childhood lymphocytic leukemia, that the bark of the pacific yew offers hope for victims of ovarian and breast cancer, that a chemical from the saliva of leeches dissolves blood clots during surgery, and so on down a roster already grown long and illustrious despite the limited research addressed to it.

which techniques does wilson use in this excerpt to convey important information to his readers?
wilson uses humorous anecdotes that make the information more interesting.
wilson uses metaphors that appeal to a wide range of the reader’s senses.
wilson relates the significance of the information directly to the reader’s life.
wilson refers to empirical statistics to relate the importance of his message.

The correct option is this WILSON RELATES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO THE READER'S LIFE.

In the excerpt given above, Wilson was talking about the importance of preserving the diverse species of plants and animals that exist in the environment. Wilson decided to make his points effective by relating the importance of having these species around directly to his readers. He narrated to his readers the plants and animals species that have been of tremendous help to human health, thus, making them see the importance of preserving these species.

people wont do this for 10 points you need at least 50

wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human