Language is a system of signs represrnting ideas to convey a message. Those symbols, which are words can be arbitrary, ambiguous, abstract representations of other phenomena. Words are not intrinsically connected to what they represent. Meanings of words can shift over time. The arbitrary character allows us to invent new words.
Language is ruled guided, simply put, verbal communication is guided by unspoken but broadly understood rules.
So I would say that option A, C and D are correct.
Meanwhile, I think that option B is incorrect since a mean of communication is understood as the tool and technology employed in order to convey a message, exchange information, ideas.
It is a metaphor representing not just the 'mask' of the plague, but also the 'masquerade' of the ball and the 'masquerade' of pretending to escape death.
Her lack for compassion and her sense of horror I believe
