I'm not sure if you want a story about a hour or is that's the name of the story .
A decent high school paragraph should at least have 6-8 compound-complex sentences or just complex sentences. I hope this is the answer you are looking for! :)
The correct answer is B.
A character study is an in-depth analysis of a literary character, in this case Louisa Ellis. There is not much action within the story (thereby canceling out the 3 other options), but we learn about Louisa's everyday lifestyle, down to the last detail.
Typically newspapers want their articles to be shorter because they want to appeal to their audience, who wants only the facts and information quickly.
Splurge. It also means to buy but is always used in reference to buying too much, which would give it a negative connotation, different than that of the word 'buy'.