I imagine that rocks that look like jagged sharks teeth look really sharp and rough. The figurative language used here is simile. Definition: <span>The definition of a simile is a figure of speech where two unlike things are compared using the word "like" or "as" followed by a figurative example.</span>
When the writer wants to identify strongly with one character
Answer:
the word national is modifying the word sales
Explanation:
sentence could've been our companies sales meeting begins next week.
but instead they wanted to be more detailed and add national.
The fact something sinister is brewing connotes the atmosphere, it shows something bad is going to happen, the writer has used pathetic fallacy (a writing technique) to reflect the mood of the story in the weather. I assume the sea is rough?