Are the underlined words in the sentence an independent clause, a subordinate clause, or neither?

my cousin visited me last weekend, and we talked until about two o’clock in the morning.

a.
subordinate clause

b.
independent clause

c.
neither

Where did augustine began teaching?

Ryans attempt to get organized was wholehearted sidetracked committed insincere typical

Read the excerpt and answer the question. the boards themselves seemed to remain upright not from being nailed together but rather from leaning together, like a house that a child might have constructed from cards. what best describes the figurative language in the sentence above? idiom simile onomatopoeia personification