In literature a story in verse or prose with a double meaning is defined as

A. He was President at the time the Erie Canal was built.
B. He was involved in pioneering efforts to build canals.
C. He successfully opened the first canal in the United States.
D. He commissioned engineers to study the possibility of building the Erie Canal.

A. the Civil War had eliminated racial discrimination in the U. S.
B. his grandmother could recite the history of the western world
C. Du Bois was considered something of a prodigy and very promising
D. his great-grandfather had fought in the American war of independence