Which change to the wording of the sentence would make it more neutral without changing overall meaning a. the governor chose not to make a statement about his alleged fraud b. wanna refuse categorically to make a statement about his alleged fraud c. governor refuses categorically to make a statement about the unmentionable situation d. the governor rebuffed repeated requests for a statement about the unmentionable situation

A. The governor chose not to make it more neutral without changing the overall meaning.

Explanation:

The word "neutral" refers to the nonaligned group or which is neither positive nor negative or neither beneficial nor harmful. This implies that the sentence that can best neutralize the effect would be not to make a statement instead of refusing to make a statement as the refusal may create or possess a threat to the governor. Thus, to neutralize the effect, he should not give an insight to the audience and not reveal his fraud as this would only save him and neutralize or deactivate the consequences.

c. a group of tribes that formed a confederacy

my best guess would be: d allusion

makes the most sense