Answer:
<em>(C) offering a specific example to support a general claim
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Explanation:
If there is only one claim: "Things which today seem unremarkable could have altered the course of history once...."
<em>Even the answer choice's clarification mentions "the claim": </em>
The second paragraph provides detailed details–perhaps even the position nutmeg played in New York history–to support the argument that apparently inconspicuous things can change the course of events.
So, shouldn't alternative "author say" consider instead of "author claims"?!
A request for an allowance because that is the only one that is asking or using words not actions
A) listing the names of top cancer research scientists today
B) interviewing the parents of a child who has died of cancer
Eliminate
C) presenting budgets from various cancer research organizations
D) providing statistics on how many children died of cancer each year
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