Carcass, can you help here ? Why is C not right for first blank. There is no evidence for generic but positional can mean a specific difference like stylistic

There is a sliding scale between cliché and archetype; an archetype is nothing more than a retrieved cliché. The essential difference between the two is not a (i) _______ or stylistic one

The difference is smidgy, very very thin or slender

So, the difference between the two modes, which essentially overlap, is just in the form, or appearance.

And if we do have just the above distinction, the difference is formal OR generic or simply stylistic

I hope this helps

Ask if still the meaning is unclear sir

(clue)There is a sliding scale between cliché and archetype; an (S1)archetype (V1)is nothing more than a retrieved cliché. The essential (s2)difference between the two (V2)is not a (i) ____(not situational)n.___ or stylistic one, but rather the difference between two situations, a (ii) ____(situational)adj____ variation between two distinct modes of production and two different moments of history. The originality ostensibly supporting the (S3)archetype (V2)is revealed as always already manufactured—a (iii) ___(old/boring)adj___ stereotype—just like the cliché.

Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)
Generic(relating to same group) Contextual(situational) Refreshing
Local(general) Geographical(place) Trite(boring)
Positional(depending on position) Hackneyed(boring) Seminal(model)