C - Personification.
Personification means giving human characteristics or traits to a non-human object. The trees are whispering, which only humans can do.
The answer to the first question is comma. Making the sentence the following:
<em>'Andrea baked a cake </em><u><em>,</em></u><em> but it was too dry.'</em>
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The answer to the second question is the fourth option. Good luck!
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As a result, thereafter, soon after.
Answer: the ice melted quickly.
Explanation: an independent clause is a sentence that can stand alone and doesn’t need to be added onto to make sense. The ice melted quickly makes perfect sense, where’s “without hesitation” doesnt. What did they do without hesitation?
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