Need three or five sentences explaining any strategies you used and what new understanding you gained

Is the sentence “ironically, although approximately seventy-one percent of the earth is covered by water, thirty-three percent of its land area is desert.” a phrase or a clause?

In a short story the narrator's word choice

Keeping wolves as pets is wrong. wolves are not pets. they're wild and natural-born killers. people who keepwolves in captivity are self-centered and vain. they thinkit's some kind of status symbol to own a wolf. but wolvesneed to roam free, participate in the thrill of the hunt, filltheir bellies with raw meat, and socialize with their packmates. which type of appeal does the passage primarily use? oa. ethos