There are many rules as to how words should be accented or divided into syllables, so I will try to answer your question to the best of my abilities. The apostrophe marks the accent, the dash marks the syllable.
a. dictionary: 'dic-tion-ar-y
b. shallow: 'shal-low
c. catastrophe: ca-'tas-tro-phe
d. emergency: e-'mer-gen-cy
e. happiness: 'hap-pi-ness
f. climb: 'climb
g. sugar: 'sug-ar
h. sushi: 'su-shi
Answer:
The correct answer is B. Barrenness to spotlight Malétroit himself.
Explanation:
The author points to details such as little furniture, a furnace with no fire lit, a stone floor with not much on it. It goes to show how bare or empty Maletroit's residence is, and to create certain characteristics to describe Maletroit himself.
