The reason a character behaves a certain way is called a) pacing b)foreshadowing c) prior knowledge d) motivation

The reason a character behaves in a certain way is called  "motivation" (Option "D" is the correct answer). Motivation is the result of a combination between the character's personality and the situation that he or she has to deal with. A character's motives may arise from feelings, experiences, beliefs, or others' actions. Motivations which are the reasons behind a character's behaviors, determine the actions in a given scene or throughout a story.

D) Motivation (Just took the test)

Explanation:

its everything except for telling nonfiction and using first person

well, there are online sites that can make it look like a texting screenshot, so u can make it like hamilton texting jefferson through that, and he can start with him being like, i know it's out of the blue, but blah blah blah