<u>B) Watch the actors' reactions, thereby adding to the humor.</u>
The dialogue, as well as the description of what the actors do, aims to be humorous. If the lookers saw the staged version of the scene, they would be able to what the actors' reactions, gestures, and movements and thereby the scene would accomplish its purpose of portraying a humorous, entertaining and funny story.
John ran. - independent
John ran away from the shore. - independent
Jim studied in the sweet shop for his chemistry quiz. - independent
When Jim studied in the sweet shop for his chemistry quiz. - now this one's tricky. I am leaning towards dependent but it could be the response to a question, but I don't know what question or could be dependent because its not a complete thought. Try dependent.
The answer is b
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