In this problem together with the given example, the most probable answer and the most likely one to be the correct answer would be C. analogical reasoning.
The reason would be how the example presented itself. The example goes like "all cats are independent. Mitzy is a cat. Therefore, Mitzy is independent." With this, it is important to take note that analogy was being used in this given example. Through establishing that one side has a similarity to the other, then it could be also said that the other side can also be compared to another if it has any established similarities.
Answer: After the picnic, Tea Cake and Janie become the topic of scandalous gossip. The town doesn't approve of the revered mayor's widow dating a poor, younger man. Sam Watson convinces Pheoby to talk to Janie so that she doesn't end up like Ms. Tyler, an old widow who was cheated by a younger man.
