How does the imagery in this excerpt affect the passage?
every franchise and a member of the city council had long forsaken it. they all wanted to move farther inland and build strip malls. here the homes were tangled in cypress, low-hanging moss, tires, blocked-up cars, and rusty swing sets: the debris of people’s lives.

The way imagery in this excerpt affect the passage is It helps create a somber mood.

Imagery in stories gives a better idea of the setting of the events, which can make the reader not only to understand better but to absorb the feelings and the atmosphere.

The expression "Here the homes were tangled in cypress, low-hanging moss, tires, blocked-up cars, and rusty swing sets: the debris of people’s lives" is a clear example of dark imagery.

The other options are not possible because :

B. It suggests that strip malls are impressive.  (there's no imagery that talks about the malls)

C. It conveys the idea that the city council members feel guilty about their actions.  (it only talks about the fact that they have ignored the situations but it doesn't give imagery)

D. It establishes a jovial tone. (The vocabulary doesn't have any kind of happy connotation)

c hope this you

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.