Question

read the paragraph.
spring arrives suddenly. buds appear on the rosebushes. shoots are sprouting from the ground. the fruit trees are in flower. wherever you look, new plant life is basking in the warm spring sun.
how does the underlined sentence add variety and meaning to the writing? select three options.
□ by changing the topic
□ by addressing the reader
□ by introducing a new idea
□ by combining ideas in a complex sentence
□ by combining ideas in compound sentence

Explanation:

• "by addressing the reader": The phrase "Wherever you look" directly engages the reader.
• "by introducing a new idea": It presents the concept of new plant life in the spring sun, which is an addition to the prior descriptions of buds, shoots, and fruit trees.
• "by combining ideas in a complex sentence": The sentence has a dependent clause ("Wherever you look") and an independent clause ("new plant life is basking in the warm spring sun"), forming a complex sentence structure.

Answer:

by addressing the reader, by introducing a new idea, by combining ideas in a complex sentence