The correct option is B.
You can test if there are two independent clauses by separating the clauses and seeing if they can stand alone.
They hadn't planned the trip. They returned to the store the next day and bought more peanut brittle.
Since the the two clauses can stand alone, there are two independent clauses.
Two independent clauses constitute a compound sentence.
Prewrite, Draft, Revise, Edit, and Publish
D. By using imaginative and descriptive language
