What is the difference between a phrase and a clause

a) a phrase is independent and a clause is not.
b) a clause contains a subject and a verb and a phrase does not.
c) a phrase always has modifiers and a clause does not.
d) a clause must act as a noun in a sentence but a phrase can be any part of speech.

In at least one hundred words, discuss how the man with the umbrella in sorrentino’s “there’s a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella” is an example of an extended metaphor and what central theme he conveys.

Which lines from the speech best supports this topic sentence? and as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. we cannot turn back. there are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "when will you be satisfied? " and they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. we cannot walk alone. we refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. and so we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. and so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of new hampshire. let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of new york. let freedom ring from the heightening alleghenies of pennsylvania.

Which word best describes the mood in this sentence? lucia was aglow as she bounced into the room with stories about her summer vacation.