Answer:
Sleights means the use of dexterity or cunning, especially so as to deceive.
Explanation:
This is what this word means but I can't tell you how the context lead me to this because I don't have the passage it came from.
Which topic are you picking?
You would restate the question and answer the it based on the RACE technique.
I think that it's
B. alliteration
because with alliteration it means you can describe what you hear