Answer:
The fallacy which the above sentence is an example of is:
B. overgeneralization
Explanation:
Overgeneralization is a type of fallacy in which a biased judgment or conclusion is drawn upon. Also, the evidence given to support the judgment does not contain sufficient evidence to prove itself. The judgment is based on some prior experience. In the above statement, the judgment about the author is made by his last book which brings to highlight overgeneralization fallacy in it.
"When I said you were a friend of Tom's, he started to abandon the whole idea. He doesn't know very much about Tom, though he says he's read a Chicago paper for years just on the chance of catching a glimpse of Daisy's name" (p.152)
Based on the context of the paragraph, the most likely the meaning of relevant is D. significant to the topic.
<h3>What are context clues?</h3>
It should be noted that context clues are the hints that are given by the author in a literary work.
In this case, based on the context of the paragraph, the most likely the meaning of relevant is significant to the topic.
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<span>It was on such an island in the third summer of its yellow green that we built our watch fire. Not in the thicket of dancing willow wands, but on the level terrace of fine sand which has been added that spring a little new bit of world beautifully ridged with ripple marks and strewn with the tiny skeletons of turtles and fish all as white and dry as if they had been expertly cured. We had been careful not to mar the freshness of the place although we often swam to it on summer evenings and lay on the sand to rest.</span>
