I am a story that has a real setting and a problem to be solved that includes clues, distractions , and an answer to the problem. What am I ?

The story is thus a mystery.

Explanation:

A mystery has some of the following characteristics-

It is usually solved by the end of the tale or the story

-It gives clues throughout the plot that keep on increasing in terms of how much they reveal.

-The mystery is usually an answer to a problem that has been plaguing the person who is asking for a long time.

Without these characteristics a story is usually not a mystery and they can be said to be mostly universal thus in terms of being mystery.

These are the ones that primarily define the genre.

"a" because he is appealing to logic as oppose to appealing to the audience's emotions.

the answer is b, it brings the reader closer to the action.

it would've been a if the word had been determined, not conceited

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