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I think the options are:
<span>A. you can safely lose 10 pounds of fat in one week.
B. to lose weight, a person must take in fewer calories than that person uses.
C. some foods absorb calories and thereby hasten weight loss.
D. its possible to lose 40 pounds of fat in one weekend of diet and exercise
and the correct answer is B: in order to loose weight, you need to intake less calories than you use. 10 pounds (or 40...) is not healthy, about 2-3 pounds per week are considered healthy.</span>
Capricious is C) Thoughtful.
Capricious means a provided immediate and strange variation of condition or action. Some synonyms are whimsicality, changeless and so on.
However, C) Would be the opposite.
The correct answer is academic.
Argumentative essays require you to use extensive research so that you can make your arguments stronger. You will usually present the argument you are fighting against, and the arguments that you want to support, and therefore you need to convince the reader to believe you. You will do that by using academic style and vocabulary, rather than friendly, informal, or personal.
Answer: The statement "C) The conflict between appearance and reality is demonstrated by Mr. Nuttel's fragile mental state, leading him to believe Vera's manipulative fictional ghost story" offers the best analysis of the central ideas.
Explanation: In the second paragraph, it is stated that Mr. Nuttel is on the recovery process of his altered nerves. He believes in the manipulative niece's story about how her aunt went crazy thinking that her husband and her two young brothers would come through the window one day. When the aunt comes downstairs and welcomes the men that suddenly climb through the window, Mr. Nuttel runs away in panic, due to the fragile mental state that led him to believe in Vera's fictional story.
