Walhat is the independent clause inthe sentence. edgar aen poe was an americn author who wrote gothic and macabre short stories.

What is the independent clause in the sentence: "Edgar Allan Poe was an American author who wrote gothic and macabre short stories."

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author

Explanation:

The independent clause is a clause that has a subject and a predicate and can form a complete sentence standing alone.  

The clause Edgar Allan Poe was an American author expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.

The clause who wrote gothic and macabre short stories can't stand alone as a sentence and is, therefore, a dependent clause.  

they insisted that there was not enough time to learn everything.  

explanation:

if they were going to steal the answers that is simply because they insisted that there was not enough time to learn everything.  

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)