The answer is A.) the speech and the actions of the characters
Because the author wants the readers to understand what is going on
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Answer: B), Author’s publication history
Explanation: It cannot be C) because the country an Author is born it does not affect their validity, and it cannot be D) because it is possible for a source to be cited many times but still be invalid.
Here, word is "Smaller" which is small than other one so it is "Comparative"
In short, Your Answer would be Option B
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The easiest answer I could thing of that's straight forward for this is, evidence/claim evidence.
