The correct answer is A. The author uses humor to make a serious or controversial point in a nonthreatening way.
Explanation:
In writing, humor and satire are common literary devices used by authors to create a social critic about controversial issues or practices that occur in general society or specific areas such as government or church. This means by using humor and satire author can criticize negative aspects but avoiding being too aggressive or threatened as this can lead to negative critics or consequences for the author, for example, in satire it is common author use exaggeration to depict practices and ideas that are absurd but without directly stating a critic. Thus, the reason an author would use humor/satire in a text is to make a serious or controversial point in a non-threatening way.
