How does word choice support an author's
purpose?

With good word choice the author is able to create a mental picture for the reader, whether it's vivid adjectives or constant use of descriptive verbs.

Explanation:

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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 .