Which excerpt best describes the way that Mrs. Jones's actions affected Roger in "Thank You M'am"? Question 16 options:

"Mrs. Jones got up and went behind the screen. The woman did not watch the boy to see if he was going to run now, nor did she watch her purse which she left behind her on the day-bed."

"When they were finished eating she got up and said, 'Now, here, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes.'"

"She led him down the hall to the front door and opened it. 'Good-night! Behave yourself, boy!' she said, looking out into the street."

"The boy wanted to say something else other than 'Thank you, m'am' to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, but he couldn't do so as he turned at the barren stoop and looked back at the large woman in the door."

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explanation:

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.