Question

read the sentence. on days when i go jogging in the morning, my mind seems to process ideas faster, and my mood is more positive. how does the underlined clause add variety and meaning to the sentence? it explains why jogging is beneficial. it makes readers want to go jogging. it creates a compound - complex sentence. it adds detail about the speakers personality.

Explanation:

The underlined clause "On days when I go jogging in the morning" is a subordinate clause. A compound - complex sentence has at least two independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause. The sentence "my mind seems to process ideas faster" and "my mood is more positive" are independent clauses, and the underlined part is a subordinate clause. So it creates a compound - complex sentence. The other options: It doesn't explain why jogging is beneficial (the benefits are stated after, not explained by the clause), it doesn't make readers want to jog (no persuasive element in just stating a time), and it doesn't add detail about personality (it's about a time of an activity, not personality traits).

Answer:

It creates a compound - complex sentence.