Personification for death.....maybe"death grasps you into its cold, dreary hands"?
Answer:
Setting, C
Explanation:
This sentence is setting the surrounding scene for whatever is going to come next in the text. The use of describing the temperature and lighting is what is considered a setting. Hope this helped :)
The answer is b; He's likely to speak and behave in illogical and bizarre ways.
The author is using both of these comparisons to express the idea that, when learning to do something new it's difficult at first until you understand the activity or topic better.