Well if its a "real word" may depend on dialect, or where your from specifically. There are many words in Texas not really recognized as "real words" like "y'all" or many things like that. Perhaps it is a word somewhere. But I have never heard it. Remember, language is like a liquid, always shifting, and changing.
<span>for future students, the answer is C MAKES THE AUTHORS CLAIM STRONGER</span>
Characterization is the creation or construction of a fictional character.
Also, the distinctive nature or feature of someone or something.
A) Relocating/subject
A gerund is specifically, a noun made by adding the suffix "-ing" to a verb. In this case the only gerund is "relocating", which means that that must be the correct answer. So, by process of elimination, A is the correct answer.