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The Mayor says
Before you write your own, let us sharpen your eye. A describer who can spot the sentence that acts can build a scene that moves on its own.
Three ways to sharpen your eye before you write your own. No grades here, just practice.
Acting or announcing?
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 lunchroom, with one note missing. Which note belongs in the blank?
- The place The lunchroom, first week of the phone ban.
- One path Near to far: my table, the tray line, the far wall by the doors.
- What acts at the tray line
- The last detail The phone caddy hangs empty by the doors.