Question 8 • AZ-English Language Arts 9 B
The sentence contains two independent clauses: “Eliana heard the phone ring” and “she ran to answer it.” A period followed by a capital letter correctly separates them, making choice B correct. A semicolon can also join two closely related independent clauses, so choice C is correct. A comma alone would create a comma splice, and changing the word or clause order would not fix the missing punctuation.
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