read the excerpt from the crisis, number ii, by thomas paine. he character you appear to us in, is truly ridiculous. your friends, the tories, announced your coming, with high descriptions of your unlimited powers; but your proclamation has given them the lie, by showing you to be a commissioner without authority. had your powers been ever so great they were nothing to us, further than we pleased; because we had the same right which other nations had, to do what we thought was best. the united states of america, will sound as pompously in the world or in history, as the kingdom of great britain; the character of general washington will fill a page with as much lustre as that of lord howe: and the congress have as much right to command the king and parliament in london to desist from legislation, as they or you have to command the congress. only suppose how laughable such an edict would appear from us, and then, in that merry mood, do but turn the tables upon yourself, and you will see how your proclamation is received here.\ which statement best describes this excerpt?
○ it contains sentences with varied structures.
○ it contains sentences with similar structures.
○ it contains mostly run - on sentences.
○ it contains fused sentences and comma splices.

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read the excerpt from the crisis, number ii, by thomas paine. 	he character you appear to us in, is truly ridiculous. your friends, the tories, announced your coming, with high descriptions of your unlimited powers; but your proclamation has given them the lie, by showing you to be a commissioner without authority. had your powers been ever so great they were nothing to us, further than we pleased; because we had the same right which other nations had, to do what we thought was best. the united states of america, will sound as pompously in the world or in history, as the kingdom of great britain; the character of general washington will fill a page with as much lustre as that of lord howe: and the congress have as much right to command the king and parliament in london to desist from legislation, as they or you have to command the congress. only suppose how laughable such an edict would appear from us, and then, in that merry mood, do but turn the tables upon yourself, and you will see how your proclamation is received here.\ which statement best describes this excerpt?
○ it contains sentences with varied structures.
○ it contains sentences with similar structures.
○ it contains mostly run - on sentences.
○ it contains fused sentences and comma splices.

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# Brief Explanations:
To determine the correct answer, we analyze the excerpt's sentence structures. The excerpt uses parallelism: "The UNITED STATES of AMERICA... as 'the kingdom of Great Britain'"; "the character of General Washington... as that of Lord Howe"; "the Congress have as much right... as they or you have to command the Congress". These show sentences with similar structures (parallel structure) rather than varied, run - on, or having fused/comma splices. Run - on sentences incorrectly join independent clauses without proper punctuation, and fused/comma splices are errors in clause joining, which aren't present. Varied structures would mean a mix of different sentence types, but here the parallel structure creates similarity.
# Answer:
It contains sentences with similar structures.

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