Answer: Claim is your claim like its this, reason is your reason why you think its that, and evidence is your evidence to back up your data and answer
<span>The U.S. economy maintains its powerhouse status through a combination of characteristics. </span><span>The United States remains mired in the ranks of the “mostly free,” the second-tier economic freedom <span>status.</span></span>
The answer is A because it uses "our" meaning both, which suggests that the person told many people. so the answer is A) Whom <span />
It would be number 4. Trees gathered around to hear his beautiful notes.
Trees can't "gather"~move nor can they hear. so it would make that a personification.