Answer:
preposition: around. prepositional phrase: around the boat. object of preposition: boat
Some of the examples are listed below:
1) The prefix "Mac" means "son". "Mc" is an anglicized version that is used in Scotland and Ireland. It is patronym and the female equivalent is Nic. Example is Mackenzie.
2) Prefix fitz has the same meaning with suffix son which the former has been used from Norman times. Therefore, there are examples such as Fitzgerald and Fitzpatrick.
3) In Dutch language, are composed of the combination of father's name and ending. The suffixes are zoon for sons, dochter for daughters. For example, Janszoon and Simonsdochter.
Direct Characterization, because a dialogue is meant to be spoken with a person or other characters in a play directly.
D. complex
<span>This sentence contains a dependent clause, 'One of the many surprising facts about western Africa</span> is that' and an independent clause, 'the Sahara was not always a desert', making it a complex sentence.
Minutia is a small matter, so A would make the most sense