The answer is A: Its set against a historical backdrop
the theme of Moby Dxck is friendship through the special bond between the narrator of the novel, Ishmael, and Queequeg, a man native to an island of cannibals.
The answer is C. Compound-complex.
A compound sentence is a sentence that contains two or more independent clauses connected by a comma, conjunction or semicolon. An independent clause contains a subject and verb and conforms a complete idea. A complex sentence is a sentence that makes a combination between one independent clause with at least one dependent clause.
In this case, the structure is the following:
<u>Joan was singing because she was happy,</u> and <u>she danced as she sang.</u> Both are independent clauses.
"<u>because she was happy</u>" is a dependent clause, specifically an adverb clause of reason.
They always win a ribbon for best student participation.
The first one should be “those classes join the team every year” because if classes is plural then join is singular
The other two are the opposite of that. Mrs. Smith is one person so she likes (with an s) her students to participate and she encourages (also with an s) her entire class to sign up.