Read the excerpt below and answer the question. standing on one toe, she could raise the other leg slowly back and forth with ease, as if it had no weight. the underlined words in the passage above are an example of an independent clause a phrase a dependent clause parallel structure

The underlined words in the passage are "as if it had no weight."

C) A dependent clause.

Explanation: an independent clause is a phrase that contains a subject and a predicate and that makes complete sense on its own. A dependent clause can also have a subject and a predicate, but it depends on the main clause to make sense. In the given excerpt the words "as if it had no weight" is an example of a dependent clause (the independent clause would be: "she could raise the other leg slowly back and forth with ease").