Question

level best ever since to make conditions for us intolerable. as a colored woman i might enter washington any night, a stranger in a strange land, and walk miles without finding a place to lay my head. the colored man alone is thrust out of the hotels of the national capital like a leper.
as a colored woman i may walk from the capitol to the white house, ravenously hungry and abundantly supplied with money with which to purchase a meal, without finding a single restaurant in which i would be permitted to take a morsel of food.
as a colored woman i may enter more than one white church in washington without receiving that welcome which as a human being i have the right to expect in the sanctuary of god....
and so i might go on citing instance after instance to show the variety of ways in which our people are sacrificed on the altar of prejudice in the capital of the united states and how almost insurmountable are the obstacles which block our path to success.
adapted from mary church terrell, \what it means to be colored in the capital of the u.s.\
in the text in bold, what rhetorical strategy does mary church terrell use?
she addresses a counterargument.
she empathizes with her audience.
she anticipates an argument.
she paints a vivid picture.

Explanation:

The text uses vivid descriptions like "walk miles without finding a place to lay my head", "thrust out of the hotels like a leper", etc. These create a clear mental image of the difficulties faced.

Answer:

She paints a vivid picture.