“These were mayors, governors, legislators, business leaders, and police chiefs. In the wood-paneled rooms of city halls, in the chambers of city councils, in the marbled state legislatures, and in sheriffs' offices, white government officials, working hand in hand with plantation, lumber mill, and mine owners, devised an array of ways to stop black people from exercising their right to freedom of movement. Why? Black labor was the foundation of the region's economy. Black people were also indispensable to the South's social and political structure.”
How does the writer vary syntax in the passage?
A. by using mostly simple sentences
B. • by including a single complex sentence
C. • by using mostly imperative sentences
D. • by including a single interrogative sentence
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The best answer to how the writer varies syntax in the passage is:
B. by including a single complex sentence.
The passage contains complex ideas and employs compound and complex sentences, rather than simple or imperative sentences. The main emphasis is on the complexity of the relationships and structures described, which is captured in the varied sentence structures.
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