The word the adverb clause modifies would be "rang" just took the test hope this helps:)
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The answer to fill in the blank would be B) Thesis statement because the thesis is like the message the author is trying to send to his readers so they can comprehend his or her text.
Homer tells us that Phaeacians are friendly people who welcome outsiders and that they are excellent ship builders and sailors.
The Earth'sinterior is composed of four layers, three solid and one liquid—not magma but molten metal, nearly as hot as the surface of the sun. The deepest layer is a solid iron ball, about 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) in diameter. ... Above the inner core is the outer core, a shell of liquid iron.