Alexi is writing a research paper about the benefits of school uniforms. Which sentence best supports the argument that school uniforms increase school pride?
Students who wear school uniforms spend less money on clothing.
Students who dislike school uniforms at first usually get used to them after six months of wearing them.
School uniforms help students get ready faster in the morning because they do not have to choose an outfit.
Schools that have a uniform policy report lower rates of fighting and higher participation in after-school activities.

Schools that have a uniform policy report lower rates of fighting and higher participation in after-school activities.

Explanation:

Firstly, none of the others show pride. Secondly, fighting less indicates that a student is taking pride in themselves such as their health, their school relationships and their reputation at school. Higher participation in activities, especially since they are outside mandatory school time, indicates that a student is taking pride in their future career (activities can help a personal statement), their involvement in school (especially if this is an activity representing the school) and you could argue that the more time a student spends at school I.e the more effort they put in, indicates a higher amount of school pride.

sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.

what are the options?