Consider this passage: "when i first heard the expression 'preponderance of evidence' i thought that it meant some maybe 80% if i had to quantify it. i learned the legal term 'preponderance of evidence' means more than 'reasonable suspicion,' 'reason to believe,' and 'substantial evidence.' but then i learned that 'preponderance of evidence' meant anything more than 50/50. which was what, better than a coin flip? certainly not the same as 'clear and convincing' or 'beyond a reasonable doubt' i discovered. what do you think? should anything more than 50/50 enough to use the word 'preponderance'? " the previous passage is best described as

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femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.

in the quotation from passage, connie willis states that literature is a way for authors from the past to communicate with readers of today. we can read their stories, books, and other texts to learn lessons about life. willis refers to these lessons as messages “from beyond the grave.” willis has a favorable viewpoint about the timelessness of literature.

i believe the answer is inference