which would be an expected setting for a story about a snowtown that keeps a large group of people from moving west

appeal to ethos is your answer.

comfortable

explanation:

one type of the adjectives is predicate adjective. a predicate adjective is an adjective which follows a linking verb and modifies or refers back to the main subject of that linking verb.

it usually is used just before the noun it modies.

here in this example:

'penguins seem comfortable in the coolest habitats', comfortable is the predicate adjective which follows the linking verb 'seem' and modifies the noun.

c. monica received many complements about her homemade lasagna.

explanation:

monica received many complements about her homemade lasagna uses the underlined word complements correctly.