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
underlined word
(as if it had no weight)

a)an independent clause
b)a phrase
c)a dependent clause
d)parallel structure

Read the following excerpt from kabir’s “tell me, o swan, your ancient tale,” and answer the question. which of the following best states an implicit meaning of the excerpt? a) the narrator requests that the swan follow him this morning. b) there is a better world than this world that is filled with sadness, death, and decay. c) the narrator overhears someone say “he is i”. d) a bee happily rests on the chest of the narrator.