Which sentence is the correctly written compound sentence? a. the wild ponies on the island often swim in the ocean. b. the wild ponies live on the island; often they swim in the ocean. c. the wild ponies often swim and play in the ocean. d. wild ponies live and play on the island, they play in the ocean, too. i honestly dont know this one

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."

consonance, it has the repetition of the consonants in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds.