Had to look for the missing details and here is my answer.
There is an excerpt attached to this which was taken from "Hamlet" and in this excerpt, the implicit and the explicit information can give as the inference that tableware was rare during the period of Elizabethan as it is today. Hope this helps.
If we imagine ourselves in the scene in which the witness speaks with a firm and confident voice saying "that is the man I saw", the most probable thing is that it convinces us because she is very sure of herself, the witness does not doubt it for a moment, she/he is stating it.
The word <u>averred</u> can be replaced by <u>stated</u> since they have the same meaning. Other synonims can be claim, declare or affirm.
A. number two is most
neutral
all the other option give off a negative connotation by using verbs such as “argued” “bickered” and “wrangled”
An adverb modifies a verb like adjective or another verb it answers the questions when where how and to what extent
