Question

highlight all the words that make up the two independent clauses below. joe burrow scoped out a good hiding place; meanwhile, his nemesis was busy filling up water balloons.

Explanation:

An independent clause has a subject and a predicate and can stand alone as a sentence. In the given sentence, the first independent clause is "Joe Burrow scoped out a good hiding place" (subject: Joe Burrow; predicate: scoped out a good hiding place) and the second is "his nemesis was busy filling up water balloons" (subject: his nemesis; predicate: was busy filling up water balloons). The word "meanwhile" is a conjunctive adverb, not part of either independent clause.

Answer:

First independent clause: Joe Burrow scoped out a good hiding place
Second independent clause: his nemesis was busy filling up water balloons