Select the correct text in the passage. A student is using the following text to write an essay about which animals make the best pets:
adapted excerpt from Cats: Their Points and Characteristics
by W. Gordon Stables

Sally rises every morning at 6: 30 am. after deep-breathing exercises, she dresses in sweats and sport shoes for a morning jog over the same paths in lakewood park. on average, her jog takes 23 minutes. the rest of her day also follows a formula. dinner is at 6: 30. at 7: 00, she turns on the tv to watch the national news. and so it goes. some say sally is a boring person. sally declares she is not at all boring, just well organized. the paragraph is organized by a. showing cause and effect. b. comparison. c. time. d. importance.

When a progressive tense is used in the independent clause, the dependent clause typically uses the tense.

Which statement about thoreau's rhetorical style is most accurate?