Identify which answer choice is a dependent clause. 1
a. after she had already been rude
b. sherri growled her response to the teacher
c. the teacher responded
d. with a detention slip

2
a. my mother called my father
b. to tell him
c. i had gone to the museum
d. whose reaction was priceless

Select the answer choice that contains a dependent clause.

1
a. Buttons likes it when I feed him.
b. The music was way too loud.
c. The concert took place on Saturday.
d. I fed the dog a handful of potato chips.

2
a. Freddy cautiously entered the frighteningly dark room.
b. David played games while in class.
c. Raquel was saved from the madman who lives in the basement.
d. The bike went rolling down the hill.

Read this excerpt from rudolfo anaya’s essay “take the tortillas out of your poetry.”tortillas and poetry. they go hand in hand. books nourish the spirit, bread nourishes our bodies. our distinct cultures nourish each one of us, and as we know more and more about the art and literature of the different cultures, we become freer and freer. . i don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to sample different ethnic foods, the breads of many many groups; just as many of us enjoy sampling books from different areas of the world. i travel to foreign countries, and i know more about myself as i learn more about my fellow human beings. censorship imposes itself in my path of knowledge, and that activity can be justified by no one.which of these changes would make this excerpt more argumentative? using words that affect the audience’s sense of trustusing less repetition of certain words and phrasesincluding words that address logic and reasonincluding words that are charged with emotion