Gestures
Yes. It is gestures.
There are many examples in this excerpt, a few of which being:
"whether you can see it or not. I am a doctor, dear, and I know."
"Bless her little heart!" ... <span>"she shall be as sick as she pleases!</span>"
"What is it, little girl?"
The question is asking which answer choice DOES NOT make sense about a theme of a story.
You could use choice A, C, and D as definitions for theme. So your answer that does not fit is B.
Answer = B. The theme of a short story is the plot- the actions that lead up to the story's resolution.
Good Luck! :)
I would say C because after that you don't put a comma and you capitalize the slow