Which is the most effective way to vary the sentence patterns in the passage?

(1) pennsylvania supported the union effort during the civil war. (2) pennsylvania shielded northeastern states when the south tried to advance through the shenandoah valley, a natural highway leading from virginia to the north. (3) pennsylvanians also fought for the union. (4) pennsylvania had a reserve corps whose fifteen regiments joined the army of the potomac to aid the union.

a. lengthen sentence 4.

b. add a participial phrase to each sentence.

c. begin sentences with different parts of speech.

d. combine sentences 1 and 2.

"dogs make wonderful pets because they us stay happy and healthy"the topic sentence is "dogs make wonderful pets" i need writing a sentence that is unrelated to the topic and can be eliminated.

To meet the needs of commuters in the industrial age, city planners implemented the use of phonographs. provided more horses and carriages. borrowed technology from railroads. constructed new telephone lines.

Read the excerpt from “man listening to disc.” to tommy potter for taking the time to join us on this breezy afternoon with his most unwieldy bass and to the esteemed arthur taylor who is somehow managing to navigate this crowd with his cumbersome drums. and i bow deeply to thelonious monk for figuring out a way to motorize—or whatever—his huge piano so he could be with us today. which of the following additional features would best enhance the reader’s understanding of this excerpt? a diagram showing the narrator’s route through the city a visual simulation of the man walking down the street audio samples of music by the specified musicians textbook chapters on the history of jazz musicians