Wanting a cookie, he risked punishment. this sentence contains a
present participial phrase with a direct object
present participial phrase containing a prepositional phrase
present participial phrase with modifiers
past participial phrase containing an embedded clause

Your answer would be that the sentence contains a present participial phrase with a direct object.

Explanation:

The sentence above contains a present participial phrase with a direct object. As this is a present participle, it ends in -ing. What is more, the participle phrase includes objects and modifiers that complete the thought. In the sentence above, the present participle wanting takes the NP direct object a cookie. This participle phrase modifies the pronoun he.

to leave the reader thinking and wandering on their own. without a resolution we are clueless to what happens next, and why it does. it may even cause suspension with the reader.

explanation:

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.