20 points!

is the underlined clause independent or subordinate?

i read a novel until the guests arrived.

a.
subordinate

b.
independent

What is the meaning of the word checking as it is used in this sentence from the second paragraph of the passage?

Which sentence contains a participial phrase that is placed correctly? -jose paid for a hamburger scanning the cafeteria for an empty seat -peeling off her winter jacket, sierra settled into the cozy armchair. -made of soft wool, nadia pulled on a blue sweater -the cowboy jumped from the horse laughing in the face of danger

What is the effect of the haiku structure on this poem?   how does the line structure describe the subject(s)?   and how does a haiku compare to a rhyming and longer poem in terms of its effect on you as a reader?