Which sentence uses a dependent clause to correctly combine these two sentences? james made the basket. the crowd went wild. james made the basket, and the crowd went wild. because james made the basket, the crowd went wild. james made the basket; the crowd went wild. because james made the basket; and the crowd went wild.

A dependent clause is the clause which cannot stand alone in its meaning on the other hand independent clause refers to the phrase which can stand alone, though both have a subject and a verb.  

Sentence which uses a dependent clause to correctly combine two sentences is:

Because James made the basket, the crowd went wild.

'Because James made the basket' is the dependent clause.

Whereas, first and third sentence are independent clauses.

1. this would be first person. it would be like "i walked home from school today" they are the narrator of the story and is a character as well.

2. first person because they used the word "i" in the quote.

3. i'm really not sure about this one i'm really sorry i never read it so i wouldn't know how to answer it. 

4. it would be character vs. society because everyone he meets there is always a conflict of some sort because he's stuck in his daydream.

5. it would be sadness at the loss of youth because the title itself tells us it's about age so it couldn't be about regret. and the tone just sounds sad, not angry. 

i hope this !

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