I believe the answer is rhe first option. "The excerpt uses longer sentences to create a slower pace.
I'm going to say just the word "no." I know Spanish and English -
Spanish has upside down question/exclamation marks, and they don't use capitalized letters unless it's the beginning of a sentence, which marks out vocabulary.
Spanish is also nearly backwards from English - this marking out pattern of word order.
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I would say the last one probably since Lela is wanted Devon to get his project done but he wants to think a little first.