Question

read the excerpt from \a quilt of a country.\ the new york of my children is no more balkanized, probably less so, than the philadelphia of my father, in which jewish boys would walk several blocks out of their way to avoid the irish divide of chester avenue. (i was the product of a mixed marriage, across barely bridgeable lines: an italian girl, an irish boy. how quaint it seems now, how incendiary then.) the brooklyn of francie nolans famous tree, the newark of which portnoy complained, even the uninflected wasp suburbs of cheevers characters: they are ghettos, pure and simple. do the cambodians and the mexicans in california coexist less easily today than did the irish and italians of massachusetts a century ago? you know the answer. what technique does quindlen use to support the idea that america is less polarized now than it was in past history? facts and statistics neutral language quotations from other people vivid imagery

Explanation:

The passage uses descriptions like Jewish boys avoiding the Irish - divide and mentions of different ethnic groups and their past and present co - existence. It creates vivid pictures of past and present social situations to support the idea, rather than using facts/statistics, neutral language, or quotations.

Answer:

D. vivid imagery