A.) Joke: Laughter
The effect of a cut is pain and so is the effect of a joke is laughter.
Now in our time of day, not a lot of kids are reading books because they are into there phones.
In your story, you can write about a boy having to write an essay on a horse, and then being betrayed by a friend who took credit for the essay. Use the word antique desk as a way of incorporating imagery into your story. Use the word horse as the topic the boy used for his story or essay and use the word betrayal as how the boy felt after realizing what his friend has done. This is what I would personally do, hope it helped!
The answer is D: to show that ethers are many