He acts as if the world is ending.
The sentence that is correctly construed with an independent clause and a dependent clause is A) As they examined the evidence afresh, they thought of a completely different explanation.
The other sentences don't have dependent clauses, only phrases.
Answer:
Exposition: Setting
Rising Action: building tension
Climax: the exciting bit
Falling Action: tying up loose ends
Resolution: ending the story
Explanation:
You did say free points.
Dorothy informs him of this in Chapter 4.
