Someone asks you to name the twenty-second president of the United States, but you can't remember. To aid your memory, the person then tells you that the president's name is the same as that of a large city on Lake Erie. Upon hearing the hint, you instantly realize that Grover Cleveland is the answer. In this situation, the hint acted as a(n)
A) elaborative rehearsal cue.
B) cross code.
C) structural cue.
D) retrieval cue.
E) mnemonic cue.

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The hint provided served as a retrieval cue, triggering the retrieval of the answer from memory.

Someone Asks You to Name the Twenty-Second President of the United