I would describe the tone of the story by saying it's a wild and uncertain atmosphere and also dark and destructive.
The discussion technique that Jennifer uses most clearly in this conversation is, challenging assumptions.
When we want to give a discussion a different approach, we use this technique through What if... questions, it is necessary to present another alternative to respond to things that we already established.
The other techniques are very different from this one, promoting participation would be mostly used by a moderator not a regular participant in the conversation, MAking an objective is to land the discussion into something real, and Asking for rhetorical questions does expect any kind of answer which we do have in here, therefore the other three options are incorrect.
The correct answer is:
Prewriting
Prewriting is stage of the writing process that involves gathering and selecting ideas. It can include creating lists, researching, brainstorming, creating charts, reading to discover more about the author's style, talking, collecting memorabilia or clips from other texts, and free-writing.
