Which three groups of sentences best use a variety of sentence patterns to convey meaning and the relationship between ideas? The delicious smell of cinnamon wafted from the kitchen. When I entered, I discovered my friend was making snickerdoodles. My friend was making cookies. My friend was in the kitchen. The cookies smelled delicious. In the kitchen, my friend was baking snickerdoodles. Their mouth-watering aroma drew me toward the oven. Attracted by a delicious smell, I approached the kitchen. My friend was baking snickerdoodles.

The three groups of sentences that best use a variety of sentence patterns to convey meaning and the relationship between ideas are:

1. The delicious smell of cinnamon wafted from the kitchen. When I entered, I discovered my friend was making snickerdoodles.

3. In the kitchen, my friend was baking snickerdoodles. Their mouth-watering aroma drew me toward the oven.

4. Attracted by a delicious smell, I approached the kitchen. My friend was baking snickerdoodles.

Explanation:

It is actually easier to start our analysis by the one group we eliminated:

2. My friend was making cookies. My friend was in the kitchen. The cookies smelled delicious.

Notice that in group 2, all we have are three independent clauses separated by a period. There is no complexity here - all we have are simple sentences. Besides that, there is also no complexity in the vocabulary being used. Only simple, common words are employed. Let's say this type of writing sounds a bit weak, even childish.

On the other hand, when we take a look at the other three groups, we notice the author was able to combine the sentences effectively with the help of pronouns, conjunctions, and modifiers. Not only that, but the author also uses more complex words - for example: "mouth-watering" instead of "delicious".

free time is when all my homework and chores have been done for the day and i am "free" to do things that i enjoy doing.

usually i spend time watching television. as my favorite tv shows come on at specific times, i make sure that i finish my homework and chores well before the shows. otherwise i will have to miss them. mostly i manage to watch the shows but sometimes extra homework or chores may cause me to miss a show or two, but it is rare. anyhow if i know that i am definitely not able to catch a show in time, i will just set the video recorder to tape the show sothe evening when the weather is fine, i sometimes go for a stroll around the neighborhood with my friends. this is the time when most the neighbors have come home from work or school. we say hello to those whom we know. they are mostly friendly people and they acknowledge our greetings. once in a while we come upon unfriendly neighbors but we just ignore them and carry on. that i can watch it later.

imparadis't in one anothers arms  

the happier eden, shall enjoy their fill  

of bliss on bliss, while i to hell am thrust,  

where neither joy nor love, but fierce desire,  

among our other torments not the least,  

still unfulfill'd with pain of longing pines;  

yet let me not forget what i have gain'd  

from their own mouths; all is not theirs it seems:  

one fatal tree there stands of knowledge call'd,  

forbidden them to taste: knowledge forbidd'n?  

suspicious, reasonless. why should their lord  

envie them that? can it be sin to know,