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The Mayor portrait

The Mayor says

Before you write your own, let us sharpen your eye. A describer who can spot the painted sentence can paint one.

Three ways to sharpen your eye before you write your own. No grades here, just practice.

Paint or pile?

Send each sentence to where it belongs.

Match the part of the Path

Tap a part of the Path on the left, then the sentence that does its job on the right.

The part

The sentence

Finish the plan

Here is the Mayor's Path plan for the tipped-over bike, with one note missing. Which note belongs in the blank?

  • The place One tipped-over bike on the bumpy road.
  • One path Front to back: handlebars, pedals, chain.
  • The pedals  
  • The last detail The chain hangs loose, one link swinging.