Aculture that emphasizes verbal communication skills is

a. high-context
b. low-context
c. neither high-context nor low-context
d. both high-context and low-context'

B). Low-Context.

Explanation:

Low-context culture is demonstrated as the cultures that focus on communicating in a more precise, explicit, and intricate manner as the people are not expected to possess enough contextual or background knowledge. This is the major reason that such cultures emphasize on verbal communication skills that offer a direct, literal, and clear message instead of suggesting or implying an implicit meaning that requires to be inferred through interpretation(as it happens in 'high-context cultures' where the speakers possess essential contextual knowledge and hence, emphasizes more on non-verbal skills like gestures, expressions, etc.). Therefore, option B is the correct answer.

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.

the bazaar because it represents the inaccessible land of freedom to the narrator. mangan’s sister because she represents domesticity and routine to the narrator. the marketplace because it represents the suburban lifestyle to the narrator. the church because it represents spiritual healing and renewal to the narrator.