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Modeling with Rational Functions — Unit test

Question 520 • Crowley Credit Recovery Algebra II B

Read the sentence a student wrote.As he listened to the haunting notes of the song the author realized he had found the inspiration for his next suspense novel.

Answer
A
complex sentence, there should be a comma after “song.”
B
compound sentence, there should be a comma after “realized.”
C
complex sentence, there should be a comma after “inspiration.”
D
compound sentence, there should be a comma after “found.”

Explanation

“As he listened to the haunting notes of the song” is a dependent clause beginning with the subordinating word “As.” It comes before the independent clause, “the author realized he had found the inspiration for his next suspense novel,” so the sentence is complex and needs a comma after “song.”

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