Which of the sentences below is MOST effectively organized? After the rain stopped, urging us to go outside, Uncle Vernon was my mother's brother.
O By the author, Sylvia Duprey, at two hundred and seven pages, was the longest book I ever read.
Did you know that vanilla and mint chocolate chip, even after tasting a lot of other flavors, are my two favorite kinds of ice cream?
O Can you believe that thousands of visitors came to the zoo to see Delilah, a newborn killer whale?

Can you believe that thousands of visitors came to the zoo to see Delilah, a newborn killer whale?

Explanation:

The other sentences are nonstandard.

sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.