The purpose of personification in the above excerpt is to give human characteristic to death which is considered to be a non human. Writers usually use personification in their write ups in order to bring an inanimate objects to life so that their actions and natures will be better understood.
To make or become smaller in size
<span>The correct answer is become. If inventions and coaching techniques become even more technologically sophisticated (imagine scoring data, use of new computers and tablets, software programs or apps), then college sports will certainly change in this century.</span>
This "italicized" part of the sentence is an adjectival dependent clause. It acts as an adjective to the word motorist and cannot stand alone without putting it with an independent sentence, such as "The motorist lost his way."
