In medias res means to start a writing with events that happened in the middle of the story, then continuing the story from the beginning.
The correct answer is "togethermeasured" because Syn- is a Greek prefix that means "together". Here, however, it is Sym because metrical makes the N turn into an M as a phonological change in the English language.
While writing again, the girl kept checking the time because she feared that her time would be up before she finished.
