the deeper he goes into Hell, the lower levels of it, the sins become worse. Starting from Limbo, where the sinners haven't committed anything that serious, until he gets to the ninth circle where the worst sinners are.
An independent clause is a sentence or part of one that can stand alone.
So I have a feeling that the first one is correct as "My sister and I love to cook" and "we spend hours cooking together" can both stand alone yet are joined by a semicolon.
I hope this has helped
You should know the context in a written piece
Answer:
The component that is necessary to create an effective and debatable thesis statement is a specific claim about a particular subject that must be proved with evidence
Explanation:
The objective of a thesis statement is to directly answer a specific question and to make a claim, after presenting this idea the readers or audience can present counterclaims which will make the thesis statement debatable and in order to be effective the thesis needs to be supported by sufficient evidence after the counterclaims questioning.
I believe that the correct answer is the first one, letter a.