Identify the subordinate clause. the woman who works at that desk is absent today.

The correct answer is who works at that desk.

There are two types of clauses: subordinate and independent. Independent clauses, as the name itself suggests, are complete and can exist on their own. In the example above, the independent clause would be The woman is absent today.

On the other hand, subordinate clauses are incomplete thoughts - they need to be supplemented by other words in order to be grammatically correct. In the example above, if you just write the clause who works at that desk and leave it at that, it is definitely grammatically incorrect. But, if you write that entire sentence, then it will make sense.

a, b, and c are all correct.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel