Two good things that body paragraphs should contain is evidence/cite/quote and an answer to the original question or topic. <span />
Answer:
(1) My school plays today at the other high school.
(2) It had been a long, active day, and we were hungry.
(3) Simon does not like flying in airplanes or riding in elevators.
The correct answer is: It is more easily understood by the reader.
When Thomas Jefferson gave the speech on The Declaration of Independence he had appealed to the people by giving them something that's clearly understandable and something that they can agree or disagree to on some degree.
Thomas Paine on the other hand was not specific on the speech and gave jargons and stories that only he and the government can understand and not of the people.
Jefferson's appeal is more effective because he understood the plight and the sufferings of his people, and that freedom is something that all humans can achieve in any society to which they belong to.