The answer to the question is (B).
Answer:
D
Explanation:
“Still others were transposed into stories in a completely different land and culture such as Ran (1985), a Japanese tale of samurai based mostly on King Lear.” ( Paragraph 8)
Diction is word choice.
Examples:
Blundered
Brandishing
Snivels
Answer: D
The answer is D because the information following "message" is the message. A colon is appropriate (as used in D) when the information after the colon describes or represents the word or phrase that comes before the colon.