B. he
The word 'he' is being modified by the participial phrase.
The word 'laughing' is the participle.
A PARTICIPLE is a verbal that is used as an adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed. They express an action or a state of being. However, since they function as adjectives, participles modify nouns or pronouns.
A PARTICIPIAL PHRASE <span> is a group of words consisting of a participle and the modifier(s) and/or (pro)noun(s) or noun phrase(s) that function as the direct object(s), indirect object(s), or complement(s) of the action or state expressed in the participle.
</span>
You are right. the answer is D
I'm not using evidence from the book, but I can explain how the first person affects the story and reader. You can add the evidence when I give you the prompt answer. - First person point of view affects the story and reader because of the different it makes to the plot and whole setup of the story. First person changes the way the story is set up because it is one of the characters narrating the story. It affects the reader because when you are reading the book, you feel like you are the character in the story. It makes reading the story more enjoyable.
