Read the sentence. Then, like fluffy bits of cotton candy, the pink clouds floated away until they disappeared from view when they passed the horizon. Which section of the sentence is an independent clause?

An independent clause has a subject and a verb and can stand alone as a complete thought. “The pink clouds floated away” has the subject “clouds” and the verb “floated,” and it makes sense by itself. The other choices are phrases or dependent clauses that do not express a complete thought on their own.

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