Select the independent clause.

Although gourmet ingredients such as oysters, eggplant, and artichoke hearts have

gained popularity in recent years, the most popular pizza topping in the United

States is still pepperoni.

Is "unless it was absolutely necessary" an adverb clause?

Marita is applying to volunteer at the local animal shelter. She asked her friend Amos to read her application, and he said this sentence wasn't clear: Whenever one of my neighbors goes on vacation, I take care of their three parrots.

It's when I'm weary of considerations, And life is too much like a pathless wood Where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs (45) Broken across it, and one eye is weeping From a twig's having lashed across it open.

1. "We hold these truths to be self-evident: - That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Which words in this sentence makes up the verb phrase? Hybrid cars have recently became more efficient and more popular. a. Have became b. Became more c. Have recently became d. Cars have

Which form of the adverb is underlined in the sentence? I looked more carefully and noticed the secret message. A. superlative B. positive C. comparative

A boater travels 33 miles per hour on the water on a still day. During one particular windy day, he finds that he travels 28 miles with the wind behind him in the same amount of time that he travels 14 miles into the wind. Find the rate of the wind.

Identify what is being compared in the simile below: " The goddess heard the chariot wheels and, as the deer bounds over the hills, she ran out swiftly to meet her daughter."

How does Victor differ from Elizabeth, Clerval, and his parents?

Contemporary poetry can be described as a (n)