Degrade is the word that would best fit in the sentence.
C)anecdote - your answer, I assume this was what you were looking for by the word "which", and having recall coming across a similar question.
Answer:
First day back at school and somehow I'm already dragging my feet back into classroom 221. As the bell blares, I turn the cold doorknob and step into the cramped room. "You're late," Mrs. Lenard states coldly. I feel the eyes of my nosy peers glare as I walk to my desk. The dim light above my small workspace flickers. I sit down on my frigid seat and reach down for my heavy textbook. The floor is filthy, littered with various wrappers and old pencils. I already want to leave and the lesson has yet to begin.
(negative connotation)
The sentence that contains a dependent clause is (C) I had never been to New York before this spring.
A dependent clause is called dependent because it cannot stand alone in a sentence
Explanation:
A <u>dependent clause</u> can be defined as a group of words that contains a subject and a verb, but it is not a complete sentence and cannoyt stand alone as a complete sentence .
<u>A dependent Clause is dependent on an independent clause to become a sentence.</u>
<u>A dependent clause can be identified in a sentence by using dependent markers </u>: after, as, although, because, before, even though, if, once, rather than, since, that, though, unless, until, when, whenever, whereas, while, among others.
In the above question the sentence (C) I had never been to New York before this spring consist of a dependent marker (i.e before) so it is a dependent clause
Answer:
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