Answer:
C
Explanation:
Thank you for the addition. You were saved from a deletion, thank goodness.
It is between A and C and I would pick C. The hs in hot and heaven are very soft while birch and beech are quite pronounced. I would choose C.
To provide more information or to identify a word, a noun or pronoun is placed with another noun or pronoun, referred to as an <em>appositive phrase.</em>
An appositive phrase may be nonessential or essential.
In essential appositive, the words are not set off with commas.
Whereas, <em>nonessential appositive</em> refers to the addition of meaning in a sentence which is already clear and is set off with commas.
Hence, in the above sentence, the nonessential appositive phrase is 'a dense dead star'. Herein,<em> 'dense dead'</em> are modifiers which modify 'star' and provides detail about it.
I believe the answer would be C, or the third one