How do rip van winkle's friends react when they see how he is treated by dame van winkle?
a. they feel sorry for him
b. they make fun of him
c. they tell him he needs to get divorced
d. they don't really care

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."

your answer is b. "with strong wording encouraging readers to take action."

the author motivation is to show the power of animal-human relationships.

i would have to say "a" or "d".