According to dog. com more than ten million pets are reported lost every year. preventative measures can be taken to eliminate the chances of your pet ever getting lost. lost pets are rarely reunited with their families. according to the american humane association, less than 20% of lost dogs and 2% of lost cats ever find their owners. lost pets become labeled as “strays” and nearly 20 million of them are euthanized each year because their owners cannot be located. one way to greatly reduce the likelihood that your pet will get lost is to keep your pet on a leash. identify the type of evidence used in this portion of a policy speech about keeping pets on a leash. a) analogy b) statistics c) appeal to fear d) appeal to authority

b

Explanation:

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.