Identify the dependent clause and circle the independent clause.
1. since carmen was so hungry, she stopped at the deli and bought a sandwich.
2. the train was running late as usual, so kristen decided to call a taxi.

1 is dependent and 2 is independent

Explanation:

Carmen was very hungry (first action)

stopped at the deli (second one)

bought a sandwich (third one)

All the actions are DEPENDENT by the previous use of the SINCE

Well

The train was running late as usual (this action happens frequently = AS USUAL)

So this action doesn´t depend on the subsequent (Kristen decided to call a taxi).

the rhetorical technique most used in this excerpt is parallelism. parallelism is a technique which author used in sentence as substitute of repeated synthetical similarities. it is the effect of rhetorical technique.

explanation:

i believe that the answer is b! i hope i out!