It would be “girl” and “class”
Tired from practice, AND Spending too much time preparing for a match
Participial phrases are verb phrases that act as adjectives to describe nouns. Putting these participial phrases into a sentence makes it easier to see how this works. Tired from practice, Justin decided to take a nap before doing his homework. In this sentence, "tired from practice" describes Justin. Spending too much time preparing for a match, Justin felt unprepared for his Calculus test. "Spending too much time preparing for a match" also describes Justin.
Answer:
B
Explanation:
A simile uses like or as in order to compare something.
“... rock the boat of the American political scene?”
Answer: C
Explanation:
Using common sense, we see that it might be A, not B, might be C, and probably not D.
Now we have A and C. I am assuming that you would not want to put sources that are not in the essay, so I would say C.