The term for this technique is the Rubato. It is a musical term for slowing up or speeding up the tempo to add emotion.
Alto reminds me of singing high and fore is commonly matched with before
altostratus-high
foresight-before
distend- stretch
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A) varied
Varied/variety means there's many, which is said in the next sentence.
Answer and Explanation:
As Nelly narrated her story and described events that occurred in the lives of certain characters/people during the previous winter, Lockwood, a stranger, was being entertained up to a point that Nelly wondered how long Lockwood would remain a stranger without falling in love with one of the characters: Catherine. Thus, Nelly hoped that Lockwood would fall in love with Catherine, and marry her. However, although Lockwood saw the possibility of falling in love, he doubted that his love would ever be reciprocated because he was not from the same hometown or land as Catherine.