What does a topic state?

a. it determines the fictional outcome.

b. it makes the story more complex.

c. it forces the character to change.

d. it states what the story is about.

The answer is D: it states what the story is about.

The topic of any kind of discourse in general is the subject matter treated in an argumentative or narrative manner. It reveals the thematic nucleus of the discourse. Its etymology can be traced to Ancient Greece, where it literally meant “things”, so that, colloquially, whether one is talking about a speech, an argument, or a story, a topic means: the concrete and specific “things” that these forms of discourse speak about.