The fireman waved at Chris Paul frantically.

Is the sentence “ironically, although approximately seventy-one percent of the earth is covered by water, thirty-three percent of its land area is desert.” a phrase or a clause?

Mr. underwood's editorial defending tom robinson is surprising because he's described as not wanting to be near negroes it's a dangerous stance to take at that time he had been neutral during the trial he wasn't in the courtroom

What details from a story best develop the theme? readers' prior knowledge the author's motivations for writing descriptions of time and place character motivation and plot