You're answer is going to be C.
I believe the correct answer would be....C
Answer: The dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht.
Explanation: This is a form of personification, because the sentence states that the tropical forest is pressing a thick warm blackness on the yacht. Personification is giving human like qualities to inanimate objects.
Answer:
B. They connect a dependent clause with an independent clause.
Explanation:
Dependent clauses, as the name suggests, don't convey the full idea or thought and they can't stand on their own as a complete sentence.
The only way they can be meaningful is when they are connected to independent clause. This connection is mediated via subordinating conjunctions.
Subordinating conjunctions help us link ideas from dependent and independent clause into a full, meaningful sentence.
Some of the subordinating conjunctions often used are because, when, although, since, if, whenever, until, unless etc.
Answer:
I don't know for sure so I am sorry if its wrong.
Explanation:
The preposition is "on". The prepositional phrase is "had spent many hours working on". And it modifies the word "their"
Again I think I am wrong so I am so sorry.