5. Explain how the preposition is used in the sentence: The children played around the old oak tree.

A to link an adverb to an adjective

B to more clearly define an adjective

C to tell at what point in time an action occurred

D to show a relationship based on place

the correct answer option for this is: false.

explanation:

we are given the following statement 'hawthorne thought of himself as a novelist' which is false.

the truth is that nathaniel hawthorne thought of himself as a romancer, rather than a novelist.

though it is ironic of him of him to consider himself a romancer rather than a novelist despite of the innocent women killings in the salem witch trials which occurred in colonial massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 .

im not 100 percent sure but i think its a

direct object would be the answer