Question

question 7 points 3 examine the following sentence and identify the rule that governs the comma. it wasn’t a costume party, yet many came dressed as literary villains. a comma is used to separate words of the same parts of speech in a sentence. a comma is used before a coordinating conjunction to connect two independent clauses. a comma separates nouns or noun phrases in apposition. commas are used to separate direct speech from the reporting verb. complete later

Explanation:

The sentence has two independent clauses: "It wasn't a costume party" and "many came dressed as literary villains." The word "yet" is a coordinating conjunction, and the comma is placed before it to connect these two complete, independent clauses. This matches the second rule option, while the other options do not apply here.

Answer:

A comma is used before a coordinating conjunction to connect two independent clauses.