Question 1 • GA-GSE English Language Arts 9
The sentence contains two complete thoughts: “Roland, the artist, brilliantly captured the fading pastel light on his canvas” and “he preserved the sunset for future generations to enjoy.” Each has a subject and a verb and can stand alone as an independent clause. The word “and” is a coordinating conjunction joining them, so the sentence has two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.
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