The answer is A, true.
There is a quizlet (search the same question in go0-gle) that mentions this question, I’d suggest to give it a look if you have any problems answering questions.
I believe the correct answer is to help the reader visualize a view where water and sky are difficult to tell apart.
The author is trying to portray an image where the water and the sky are somehow blending into each other - you can't tell where one ends and the other one begins, because both items are colored similarly - various shades of blue.
Retelling is an effective approach for expanding children's vocabulary, sense of story, and comfort with more difficult sentence patterns. Students display their improving awareness of narrative structure when they recount stories.
If you mean 'starting with five dollars' then it is a gerund phrase
It means to be silly or stupid.
Ex. "Don't constantly badger people with inane questions."