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Read the excerpt.

I was once asked the question, "What do you love to do
more than anything else?" The answer came easily; I
did not even think before the words came spilling out of
my mouth. "Baking is my passion! It is my stress relief,
mixing the ingredients and seeing them come together.
Then, poof!-watching the magic happen in the oven.
That wet mixture slowly solidifies. It rises. And the smell
-oh, the smell! There is nothing like it. Nothing!
How does syntax help develop the author's voice?
O Parallelism creates a strong voice.
O Anaphora creates an ironic voice
The sentence length creates a joyous voice.
The rhetorical question creates a witty voice.

Read the excerpt. I was once asked the question, "What do you love to do more-example-1
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Answer:

The sentence length creates a joyous voice

Step-by-step explanation:

I first eliminated the last choice, because the question isn't a rhetorical question. Many of the sentences are short; as little as two words. This shortened length increases the pace of the excerpt and creates a happy tone.

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