Think A is correct. It references Mr. Sparks expertise which lends credence to his subsequent description. Additionally, since the description is in his words, they are surrounded by quotation marks citing to all readers he should get credit for being used in 3rd party research.
Answer:
She and Maggie are longtime friends.
The correct answers are relies on facts, telegraphic style, relies on dates, times, places, to explain events, explains "how-to", and objective. I got it right on my lesson.