The sentence from Herman Melville's short story "The Lightning-Rod Man" which is an example of allusion is the one we find in letter B. Who has empowered you, you Tetzel, to peddle round your indulgences from divine ordinations?
One of the characters is mocked by being called Tetzel, who was a German Dominican preacher who sold "indulgences" (paid forgiveness for one's sins) in the 1500's. In the aforementioned sentence, there is an allusion to Martin Luther, who was openly against Tetzel and his "indulgences". An allusion is an indirect reference to something or someone, and Martin Luther is indirectly mentioned in the sense that it's like he is talking to his adversary. Except it's not Martin Luther himself speaking; it's one of the characters who try to impersonate him.
Make inferences about the meaning based on the words around it.
A claim is a personal and emotional stance on a topic. A claim is a statement of truth, usually based on personal emotions, but is not supported or proven by any proof or evidence. It is an arguable statement because the speaker or writer cannot give any details to support the claim.
Answer: c
Explanation:
context clues used are census, overtime,
connotation: the meaning of the word in relation to the sentence. Decennial is a census is calcuated every 10 years