Soring independent and dependent
place each clause into the correct category.
dependent clauses
independent clauses
the car's toy is lost
if it rains later
when the party begins
steven will finish it
since lena has a new blog
because keisha is busy

The car's toy is lost - independent

If it rains later - dependent

When the party begin - dependent

Steven will finish it - independent

Since Lena has a new blog - dependent

Because Keisha is busy - dependent

Explanation:

An independent clause, is a phrase that has both a subject and predicate, and can stand alone by itself as a complete sentence. True that most of these has a noun and a verb, but majority of them are sentence fragments; parts of a sentence that need an independent clause, in order to make them a complete sentence.

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,

the answer is: tabard inn, southwark.

in "the canterbury tales," by geoffrey chaucer, the twenty-nine diverse group of pilgrims is staying at a tavern in southwark, london, as they are traveling to canterbury. they wish to visit the relics of saint thomas becket in canterbury   cathedral in order to him for his when they underwent necessities.