The answer is B. Hope this helps :)
I believe the answer is a stage whisper. A stage whisper is defined as “a loud whisper uttered by an actor on stage, intended to be heard by the audience but supposedly unheard by other characters in the play.”
Tion is used to formally nouns meaning the action of a verb thereby verifying that verb
"I was the first 'welcome-to-our-state' Floridian ... " (paragraph 3)
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