In my opinion, the correct answer is C. <span>You may have heard about recent cuts in arts education funding. Yet the arts are crucial to helping develop problem-solving, innovation, and creativity. This is the only option that doesn't demand feedback and doesn't even rely on it. It asserts that there have been cuts in arts education funding - whether you've heard of it or not, that's what happened. And then it claims that the arts are crucial because of this and that. You can believe this claim or not, or you can demand some proof for it. The other three options tell us about statistics, research, polls... Those aren't claims, but facts. </span>
The word is a preposition
To help the reader better understand the plot, and the setting of the poem in which it takes place.
