Hello! I found the choices to this question from another source. They are:
A. revising word choice
B. generating topics
C. narrowing your topic
D. forming an outline
Word association is a process where you are prompted to think of another word that is in any way related to the word you are given. For example, if you are given the word "balloon", you can then respond "air" since balloon is filled with air thus the two words are related.
This process is commonly used when you need to expound on a certain idea; therefore, this is a tool that is used for generating topics.
ANSWER: B. generating topics
