During the exposition of a story, the author describes a character as so shy, they would rather have their teeth pulled out at the dentist than to present a speech to an audience. What is this called? A. characterization
B. setting
C. theme
D. tone

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .

the third paragraph is the the soltion or ending of a story

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i would say a because the main idea is what the author is the point the author is trying to get across.