Which answer choice is an dependent clause?
a) given that most students spend at least three hours a night doing various kinds of homework.
b) the couch was in such bad shape that no one believed it could be sold for more than a dollar.
c) based on numbers bought each year, graphic novels are far more popular than traditional novels.
d) the movie director made it clear that he would not begin shooting until his honeymoon was over.

Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song,    better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.    laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span.    laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man. (laugh and be merry/john masefield/public domain) which of these is the main idea of the poem?

Tia and lin had been best friends since kindergarten. both avid soccer players, the girls decided to try out for the high school team together. unfortunately, there was just one open spot, so only one of the girls would be chosen. they both worked hard, and on tryout day, they did their best. when the team roster came out, lin was excited to see that she had made the team but sad that tia had not. tia was happy for her friend and vowed to work harder so she would make the team the next year. which sentence is the exposition of the passage

Which two of these excerpts from homer’s odyssey depict the gods’ involvement in mortal affairs?