A subordinate clause is a clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.
Subordinate clauses usually begin with subordinating conjunctions which link dependent clauses to independent clauses, such as for, as, since, therefore, hence, consequently, due to, though, provided that, because, unless, once, while, when, whenever, where, wherever, before, and after.
They can also begin with relative pronouns such as that, which, who, whom, whichever, whoever, whomever, and whose.
To identify a subordinate clause, there must always have a comma after it. When the main clause starts the sentence, there is no comma to separate it from the dependent clause.
Now, let's look over the sentence:
"As I was walking, I stumbled upon a beautiful seashell."
If we use this info, we can deduce that the answer is (A. As I was walking).
Hello. You forgot to say that this question is about the article “Why Literature Matters”.
Answer:
In her article, Dana Gioia reports on the points of society that are reached by the decrease in reading among young people in the society we know. To reinforce her argument, she shows evidence of how the lack of habit of reading, any type of book, has impacted Americans not only on a personal level, but on an economic and civic level as well, since reading provides a strong knowledge in these areas. According to her, when these things are affected in an individual who is not in the habit of reading, the whole society suffers and the whole nation becomes weakened.
In the "Song of Hiawatha" the third and fourth stanza focuses on a magician named Pearl-Feather, Megissogwon, Manito of wealth & Wampum. The poem centers on the actions of this one man because he is the one who murdered Nokomi's father. She sent Hiawatha to revenge her father's murder. The poem was written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1855. This poem is an epic poem.
