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words that characterize a character's personality or characteristics that define them. To put it another way, how would you characterize that persona to a stranger
Charles and Mary finally return from Lyme. They pay a visit to Anne and Lady Russell to report that Louisa is now able to sit up, although her head is still very weak. Mary says she really enjoyed her two-week stay in Lyme; she had gone to church, bathed, dined nightly, and taken numerous books from the library. Her time was not limited by any nursing to Louisa.
Anne asks how Captain Benwick is doing, and Charles merely laughs. He thinks Captain Benwick is romantically interested in his sister-in-law. He tells Anne how highly the Captain speaks of her. Mary disagrees; she does not think Captain Benwick worthy of, or interested in, her sister. Lady Russell is amused and declares that she must see Captain Benwick for herself before she can form an opinion of him. There is a rumor that Benwick will soon ride over to Kellynch to see Anne, but he does not come, and Lady Russell dismisses him as not worth her interest.
D, as the story's background is too familiar and as a structured plot, their differences would make up for each others and create attraction.
C. To keep the reader's interest. Syntax is the structure of a sentence (how long it is and how it is punctuated). It does not really deal with the specific, individual words that an author chooses--so a, b and c would not be the answer because they deal with the actual words in the text.