Answer:
A. mutt
Explanation:
To use a word denotatively implies to use the word in its literal sense. The literal meaning of a word is its denotative meaning.
A mutt literally means a dog, the meaning of the rest of the sentence also agrees with the writers use of word 'mutt'.
Hence the word was used denotatively.
The yellow river provided fertile farmland.
Answer:
Compound subject
Explanation:
A verb is an action word, beginning and end aren't actions, and they are the subjects of the sentence.
Here is one, don't do one because they can make you sick