B. The coast guard could not find the boat sunk at sea with three people aboard.
Answer:
B. The literal meaning of a word
Explanation:
the literal or primary meaning of a word, rather than the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.
Answer:
C. inventor
Explanation:
Jack is being compared to Thomas Edison, who was an inventor and he invented the lightbulb in 1879.
B. Grandfather, because in the sentence "grandfather" is used to address him... it's used as his name.