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.
The position of a topic sentence often shifts, according to the author and writing style. One should never place the topic sentence in the middle of the paragraph. It will just give your reader confusion what really the paragraph is talking about. You can place it either in the beginning or at the end of the paragraph.<span>
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It means that life is good and that you are not concerned about the future!<span />
Conclusions made on the basis of unstated or stated evidence are called <span><span>inferences.</span></span>
<span>The narrator means to characterize her neighborhood by describing its audioscape, the way it sounds as you’re walking through. Unlike other more prosperous neighborhoods where the background includes people laughing and talking, cars driving buying and perhaps sidewalk salesmen, the narrator’s neighborhood is quiet – no sounds of commerce, children playing, not even voices talking as the people wait for things to improve.</span>
