I guess that's "setting".
<h2>for instance:

the base is 3 and the exponent is 2.</h2>
if the exponent is a negative number
then the answer would be positive 9. if the number is even but with a negative number your answer with turn out possitive.
or your exponent is a negative odd number like
the the answer would turn out negative : -27
you could see it for yourself by doing : -3 x -3 x -3 = -27
I think the answer would be parallelism.
Answer:
The answer is D
Explanation:
IF this story you are reffering to is: <em>The Tell-Tale Heart" </em>By Edgar Allan Poe, the answer would be D, Hope this helps.