Answer:
C. A text-to-text connection
Explanation:
"apply something you’ve previously read to the text you’re reading to understand its central ideas," that's text-to-text.
The correct answer would be C. Joe is using the long term memory. This type of memory is maintained or can be hold for a very long period of time. It is any memory that you remember that happened earlier or a few minutes ago. Short term is known to last only for about 18 to 30 seconds only so it should be the long term memory that is working.
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