Answer:
playful and comical
Explanation:
From the excerpt, the mood is playful and comical.
This is true because the author revealed that they "pattered pitty-pat, pitty-pat each with feet and toenails, ears and hair, everything but tails,..." This shows that they were in a playful mood. Also, despite the way they pattered, when they got to the Philadelphia union depot, they had nothing to say. This also added a comical effect in the excerpt.
The c is silent because s would sound like slither, and c would sound like cold.
It's C, independent clause because those words can be turned into a sentence on it's own.
Answer:
It is the action in the sentence. A verb tells us that some act has been carried out by the subject.
