Because a is the first letter in the alphabet
It's more important to what a person does because as they say, actions speak louder than words do. A person can think a certain way but not act on it but what a person does reflects what they decide internally and what they wanted to do with that idea externally showing that they are serious with that idea of theirs in their head.
The answer is verbatim hope this helps
Definitely ( A.surprise)
If there is a more then one pick then i would pick( A.surprise) and (D.foreshadowing)