The setting in a novel often includes the social of the plot and characters.

context
class
popularity
politics

Context is the answer because social context means the background of the story, and so they give you kind of a background or overview of the plot/characters 

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The answer is actually b. explanation: lines that signify human-like characteristics: “a half a dozen kissed the eves”raindrops don’t usually ‘kiss’ anything, as it is a human action. lines that signify playfulness: “and made the gables laugh” a gable is the part of a wall that encloses a pitched roof, so it is certainly not living and cannot really laugh. this is a human characteristic and signifies playfulness.