A short story's setting is made of time and place.
Apart from plot (what is going on) and characters (who is doing what they are doing), the setting (where and when is the plot happening) is the most important element of a short story. The interpretation of a short story depends very much on how the author has described the setting. It provides a context for the events.
Theme is A) An underlying concept.
Theme is also the big picture you see in the story.
Answer: B
Explanation:
A rhetorial question is a question not in need of an answer, just metioning something to bring light to the answer, or to help one undertsnad more,
I think the word could be “bowed” but i’m not sure