"style" refers

a. the arrangement of words on the page, including graphics.

b. the reader's response tot he writing and the writer.

c. the way a piece written, i. e., its manner of expression.

d. the writers attitude toward the writing and audience

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 .