Question

Read the passage. (1) The Yearling is one of my favorite novels.(2) It isby Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. (3) It is about a yearling, which is a young deer, or fawn. (4) It takes place in Florida during the 1870s. (5) It has an interesting plot. (6) A boy named Jody finds the yearling during a hunting trip. (7) Jody’s father, Penny, had shot the fawn’s mother without realizing that it had a baby. (8) Jody feels sorry for the orphan and brings it to the family farm. (9) Jody loves his pet, but his parents start to hate it after it begins eating the family’s crops. (10) Penny finally orders Jody to get rid of the deer because it is destructive, but Jody refuses to obey his father. Which is the most effective way to vary the sentences in the passage? Lengthen sentence (10) by adding detail to it. Start sentences with different parts of speech. Combine sentences (8) and (9).

Answer 1

Answer: I would go with start sentences with different parts of speech.

Explanation: In the passage the writer starts every sentence with a noun or a pronoun so it is always the same and monotonous. A change is necessary.