Question

Which story element most clearly categorizes "Exhalation" as a work of

science fiction?

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A. Its theme of immortality versus mortality

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B. The narrator's self-dissection experiment

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C. The story's premise of a dying world

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D. Its focus on the study of anatomy

Answer 1

B). The narrator's self-dissection experiment.

Step-by-step explanation:

Science fiction exemplifies the literary genre which is inclined towards displaying imagined futuristic concepts including scientific facts, technological advances, etc. The short story 'Exhalation' by Ted Chiang is categorized into this genre as it carries the plot of a scientist's (probably narrator's) experiment of dissecting his own brain. Thus, the element that leads to the characterization of the story as a work of science fiction is 'the narrator's self-dissection experiment'. Therefore, option B is the correct answer.