Answer:
b. Discreteness
Explanation:
Displacement is how a language is capable of talking about things that are not immediately present. Duality is an old concept which believed that language was organized in two levels. Productivity is about how language can produce an infinite combination of sounds and meanings, basically.
Finally, discreteness is about pieces of the language that can be broken down and are not even perceived by natural speakers.
This is a good observation. The General reveals to Rainsford that Rainsford himself will be the hunted in page 11-15 of the story. So, your observation is correct. There is a delay in introducing the main conflict. The main reason for this is to keep Rainsford in suspense and study his reaction.
I would say that authors impart aesthetic elements through their word choice, through their tone, and through the story's mood, but I am not completely sure.
I would say that punctuation, ie a comma , would precede the block quotation to set it apart and then quotation marks would be used to show that it is a quotation, both at the beginning and end of the passage. Quotations are good to show exactly what the author quoted meant so there is no doubt and which can then be accurately commented on.
Answer: Humans in my opinion are curious about everything, we need to know everything about our reality to feel safe. this is why we are so intrigued to find and know everything about every animals.