How do the authors support their claim and purpose with word choice?
by using imagery that appeals to the sense of sound
by repeating the words sugar, syrup, and sweetest
by including words with mostly positive connotations
by using descriptive words that entertain readers

the answer is B: by repeating the words sugar, syrup, and sweetest

Explanation:

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chapter i -- paris: september, 1792

a surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate.

during the greater part of the day the guillotine had been kept busy at its ghastly work: all that france had boasted of in the past centuries, of ancient names, and blue blood, had paid toll to her desire for liberty and for fraternity.

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