She should persuade her audience by including benefits of the trip to Washington D.C, historical facts, and locations. Also, New York can be used to compare to Washington D.C, so there is more opportunity to persuade the audience in going to D.C. I hope this makes sense, i may just me terrible about explaining, but i hope i kinda helped
Turn off any electronics or any distractions and focus hard
"Michelle is terrified of spiders<u>. W</u>hen she found one in the bathroom, she panicked, refusing to shower for three days."
The dependent clause of the sentence is "If we are going to make it to the movie on time," because it depends on the next part of the sentence to make sense. Without the next half of the sentence, the clause left alone wouldn't make any sense. The other clause is independent, meaning that it still makes sense when it stands without the dependent clause.