The importance of using a variety of sentence structures is to change up your writing. To make the reader engaged in what you have to say. If your sentence structure is weak and does not vary the reader might get bored. It also better shows your topic.
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<span>Well, it allowed them to garrison more troops there which led to an increase in slave commerce for the Portuguese traders. </span>
Even though I haven't read the story, based on textual clues in these sentences I would say the correct answer is <span>B. “The waiting man pulled out a handsome watch, the lids of it set with small diamonds.”
The reason why is that you can't really have a watch lined with diamonds unless you've worked really hard to get it. This man has hustled his whole life and in the end, he has done well for himself in life, which is evident by his expensive watch. </span><span>
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I don’t understand can you explain a little bit more ?