<span>As the door slowly creaked open, Jessie peered carefully into the vast darkness, holding her breath.
The "slowness" of the creaking door and the "vast darkness" add a weight to the sentence unlike the others. </span>
Answer:
B) Meg made her gooey, delicious brownies for this year's spring picnic
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I'm not sure about the bonus questions