To critique is to give the necessary feedback that the short story needs in order for it to become better or to be adjusted to convey its direct meaning and message. A person may critique the story's characters, continuity, the techniques used for writing, its overall format, plot, and pacing.
Figurative language is most common in poetry, but poetry does not always explore thought in a concise way, more often it tried to convey a feeling or an impression than treats the subject in detail.
Therefore I would choose a "novel" - it can use figurative language (unlike exploratory essay), but it also deals with ideas and thought is a profound, comprehensive way (but note that some poems will also do that!)
My friends and I decided to go camping this weekend; we will leave on Friday.
The semicolon separates the two complete thoughts.
DO Direct Object because "that the monthly bills be paid before the end of the month" can be replaced with "it" -- a pronoun.
I think it would be sentence 5