One pun is where Fortunato reveals that he is a member of the Freemasons and Montresor says that he too is a "mason." It is a pun because he does not mean a "Freemason"; he means a mason, a craftsman who does brickwork, the kind Montresor plans to perform on Fortunato to seal him in the catacombs forever.
Unclear question, but I infer you are referring to a passage that isn't mentioned.
Answer:
e. Personification
Explanation:
Based on the context which referred to abstract objects; time and care, the author seems to be personifying 'Time'.
Note that Personification is a type of figure of speech that attributes or refers to something that is not a person as though it were.
One common example is "Have you seen my car? Isn't she beautiful?". We noticed the car is spoken as though it were a person.
A is the answer to your question
The correct answer among the choices provided is the third option. Two independent clauses incorrectly joined are referred to as a fused sentence. A fused sentence is also called a run-on sentence. To correct this, an appropriate conjunction or punctuation mark must be put in between the clauses.