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B) Compare the textbook phases to the actual moon phases seen in the night sky each night in 28 day period over a three-month time frame.
Explanation: Sorry if it's wrong
What exactly do you need help with? Writing an essay?
The answer is allegory, since allegory is a rhetorical device that convey hidden meanings through symbolic figures in a literary piece which create the meaning the author wants to portray. It is in a form of story or poem and the meaning could be political or moral, depending on the author's true meaning.
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In my thinking it is an independent clause, isn't it?