A concrete statement can be considered as a 'solid' statement. This means that the sentence must contain hard facts to manifest the credibility of the statement. As much as possible, you give specific examples and provide evidence for this. From the choices, the answer would be D.
Distrust:
disbelief
doubt
misgiving
wariness
Promote:
advertise
promote
Reassuring:
comfort
encourage
inspirit
Welfare:
benefit
well-being
Answer: B is your answer.. I know it can never be the last two.
Answer:
Lincoln said:
"I am glad I made the late race. It gave me a hearing on the great and durable questions of the age, which I could have had in no other way; and though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I believe I have made some marks which will tell for the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone."
-Lincoln After Losing 1858 Senate Race
A thematic statement is one or more complete sentences that express a theme. They can also be called or considered a thesis.