The correct answer is D.
Stream of conscious narration is an example of experimentation in American modernism. The other techniques were commonly used long before the advent of modernism and would not be examples of experimentation.
The first sentence is the topic sentence in this paragraph.
I'm not good with religious things, but I think this might be helpful: https://www.wikihow.com/Confess-Sins
I`m assuming the underlined word is dearth, so
the answer is a. shortage
Situational irony. The definition of situational irony is “the contrast between what a reader or character expects and what actually exists or happens.