The sentence showed the part of the story where Marilyn is making letters for her family. She wants her brother to remember only the positive side of her. This is a paraphrase of the sentence. "She paused from time to time to think carefully on what words to say for her family, then she continued to write her letters."
The context clue that makes you utilize synonyms or nearby words/phrases with similar meanings to know the definition of a word would be restatement.
Restatement, or also known as synonym restatement clue, works by hunting down any familiar synonyms that might have been used to sort of redefine a word you are unfamiliar of.
Oftentimes authors will use this method to expound on the deeper word. This is closely similar to a definition but similar words/phrases are used instead of actually defining it.
ANSWER: B. Restatement
Explanation:
Explain how southern interests were able to reassert their control over the political and social life of African Americans after Reconstruction
