Answer: Appeal; Enlist
Explanation: Enlist is a synonym for recruit, meaning, engage (a person or their help or support), fitting your desired context. On the other hand, appeal means for a serious or urgent request, best fitting for call.
"<span>It makes the reader aware of the key actors in the unfolding narration" would be the best answer. It's important to establish key characters early on so the reader is confused later. </span>
In looking at the answer choices, a few can be dismissed immediately. From the passage it doesn't seem that the dismissal of the narrator's questions affects her too much. Therefore we can eliminate answers that show a drastic change in the narrator's emotions (the narrator feeling inadequate, lacking control, and fearing she may be doomed). The only answer left is that the narrator is dismissed. In gothic literature women are often seen as helpless, innocent victims.
People who are self smart <u>understand their strangths and have confidence</u>. Self smart is the ability to know yourself and act on your knowledge.
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