Well it has been proven that no all bears can climb trees only a few can. so fact!
Answer:
There are no dependent clauses
And is the coordinating conjunction
"It was almost December" is an independent clause
"Jonas was beginning to be frightened is an independent clause
There aren't any prepositional phrases
Compound sentence
It adds to the overall effect on the readers because it shows that Jonas is uncertain and makes the readers realize the correction that Jonas makes to make the sentence more reasonable.
Explanation:
C. to show indirect comparisons
