James Monroe was the 5th President
They used to set up a little camp area where the people would stay and then they would try to convert people from whatever religion they were to become their religion. The priests would usually give speeches and they had people tell others about the speech.
I believe the tone is somewhat dramatic based on the dialogue such as "shot his hand out in front of him", it makes the story seem a lot more interesting than what it really is; a normal encounter.
I believe the correct answer is Parallelism.
A dictionary, you know, they're to look up words so it should be A