Which feeling does the narrator experience in the passage? a)envy for her uncle’s life b)anger toward her uncle c)empathy for her uncle’s situation d)certainty about what happened to her uncle and then he’d crow as if he thought that child’s play— the only fun he had. i’ve heard them say, though, they found a way to put a stop to it. he was before my time—i never saw him; but the pen stayed exactly as it was there in the upper chamber in the ell, a sort of catch-all full of attic clutter. i often think of the smooth hickory bars. it got so i would say—you know, half fooling— “it’s time i took my turn upstairs in jail”— just as you will till it becomes a habit.

d

explanation:

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.