Can you give us the sentence, please?
While Manoj is intelligent, I am less intelligent.
Answer:
Because it was raining, the soccer game was canceled.
A dependent clause is a phrase that can't stand alone as a sentence. For example, "It was raining" can stand alone, and is an independent clause. "Because it was raining" cannot stand alone, thus a dependent clause.
A Paragraph would be the correct answer!