What usually creates or communicates mood in a short story?

Which one is right

• the central problem faced by characters in the story

• the sensory details used to describe the setting

O the author's attitude toward writing fiction

• the story's narrator or point of view

Both the central problem faced by characters in the story and the sensory details used to describe the setting can create and communicate mood in a short story. The author's attitude toward writing fiction and the story's narrator or point of view can also play a role, but they are not as direct in creating mood as the central problem and sensory details.