Which of the following is useful during the prewriting stage of short-story writing?

a.
sending the story to local publications and writing contests

b.
creating a detail and purpose planner

c.
looking for opportunities to show through dialogue rather than tell through description

d.
revising, to make sure the plot of the story makes sense and is interesting

the tale of “aunty misery” written by judith ortiz cofer , is a folk tale about an old woman who earns immortality by tricking death . the cost of immortality however, is that her life will stay the same. from this tale it becomes clear that death is a necessary evil and is inevitable in life.  

question: which theme is found in the tale of "aunty misery? ”

answer: a. death may not seem friendly, but he should be treated kindly.

attitude toward the subject implied in a literary work.

serious at times, angry, impassioned, and optimistic, but most of all urgent