Context is the part of the text or statement that: A. surrounds a particular word and helps determine what it means B. comes after a word and describes it. C. precedes a word and lets you know what part of speech it is. D. means something different than how it sounds.​

a

Explanation:

context means "the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed." a is the closest answer to the definition

- "he is a very real person and his intent isn't to influence us vonnegut addresses this towards the end of the letter when he says, if we choose to curse, that is by our own individual means."