WRITING A SHORT STORY

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"Hurrah!" shouted the boys as they saw the circus parade approaching.

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"It seems to me," said Wayne, "that we could use the gymnasium."

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"Whoa there, buddy," Leticia cautioned. "Let's not jump to any conclusions."

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"Will we ever get there?" Sandy asked fretfully.

𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰. 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬.

Many parents hope their children will be more successful than they have been themselves.

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Mrs. Applegate said that she doubted whether it would be available.

𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰. 𝐀 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞.

Some adults do not take the ideas of young people seriously.

𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰. 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐟-𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦. 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚, 𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 . . .

Some individuals get into a lot of trouble because they try too many new things.

𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰. 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞.

Some individuals miss a great deal in life because they are afraid to try new things.

Setting should always be given a lot of detail and attention in a story.

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When she told him, "Those socks are interesting," she meant the socks looked ridiculous.

When using the third person point of view, it is more important to concentrate on ⬜ so as to avoid unnecessary details.

action

informal, conversational

colloquial

in agreement, holding to the same principles or practice

consistent

low spirits, gloominess, sadness

depression

It is ⬜ that a conflict be included in a story.

essential

to set free, release, disentangle

extricate

a short moral tale, usually traditional

fable

person who tells a story

narrator

close to real life; factual

realistic

Of the points of view from which you can select when writing a story, the ⬜ viewpoint allows the author to know everything about what the characters are thinking and feeling.

third-person