Read the paragraph. [1] Cory tried out for his school play, Rumors, by Neil Simon.
[2] Cory got the part of “Ken.”
[3] Cory attended rehearsal every day after school, and he practiced his lines every night.
[4] Cory was fantastic on opening night.
[5] Cory made the audience laugh!

Why does this paragraph lack sentence variety?
Each sentence begins with the subject.
Each sentence begins with a dependent clause.
Each sentence begins with a prepositional phrase.
Each sentence begins with the predicate.