Read the paragraph. [1] cory tried out for his school play, rumors, by neil simon. [2] cory got the part of “ken.” [3] cory attended rehearsal every day after school, and he practiced his lines every night. [4] cory was fantastic on opening night. [5] cory made the audience laugh! why does this paragraph lack sentence variety? each sentence begins with the subject. each sentence begins with a dependent clause. each sentence begins with a prepositional phrase. each sentence begins with the predicate.

A) Each sentence begins with the subject.

Explanation: The subject of a sentence is the person, animal, object or group that performs the action the verb. In the given paragraph, all the sentences start with the subject (that in this case is "Cory"), Cory is the one that performs all the described actions (tried out for the school play, got the part of Ken, attended rehearsal every day, practiced his lines every night, was fantastic on opening night and made the audience laugh) so, that is why this paragraph lacks sentence variety.

the group received an extra pound of butter for christmas.

the annex was delighted to hear that we'll all be receiving an extra quarter pound of butter for christmas.