Which story element most clearly categorized "exhalation" as a work of science fiction? a. it's theme of time's transcendence over lifeb. it's mechanical charactersc. it's use of second-person point of viewd. it's focus on a society's external conflict

"Exhalation" is classified under science fiction genre. It was created by Ted Chiang and was first made public in 2008. It has also won the famous “Hugo Award” in the year 2009.

The story is presented as a scientific journal. It deals with a scientist who is a part of a unique civilization of mechanical creatures. The writer illustrates their survival through adaptable lungs that function through the compressed air from the underground. The theme also revolves around some fictional ideas such as malfunctioning of the clocks in accordance with the brains of the beings. There are few more assets in the story that help scholars to categorize the tale into science fiction, such as dissection of brain and the possibility of other civilizations in the universe.

Moreover, it is easier to say that from the choices provided, the story's mechanical characters support the theory that it is a work of science-fiction.

B. It's mechanical characters

its mechanical characters-APEX

Explanation:

it wants you to read whatever it gave you. then compare it to the others you read. you need to use textual evidence, and cite anything you do!

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~courtney

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.