Read the excerpt from The Crisis, Number XIII, by Thomas Paine. “Never, I say, had a country so many openings to happiness as this. Her setting out in life, like the rising of a fair morning, was unclouded and promising. Her cause was good. Her principles just and liberal. Her temper serene and firm. Her conduct regulated by the nicest steps, and everything about her wore the mark of honor.”

Which statement best describes this excerpt?
Most of the sentences contain comma splices.
It consists mostly of run-on sentences.
Most of the sentences have a similar structure.
It consists mostly of sentences with varied structures.

Most of the sentences have a similar structure

As you may notice, most of the sentences start the same, and sound the same throughout. For example, Almost all of them start with "Her", and continue into saying how good she is. Almost all of the sentences say two things nice about her, then continue to the next sentence.

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Explanation:

b is the answer.   i sat on the lumpy sofa, totally exhausted, with a bad taste in my mouth, wondering what i should do next.  

the answer is true.

the international phonetic alphabet (a standardized system of phonetic symbols devised and maintained by the international phonetic association) is composed of one or more elements of two basic types, letters and diacritics.