Rewrite the following paragraph, presenting the information in any order you choose. Use sentence variety and subordination, as discussed
in the chapter introduction, to make the paragraph more interesting
Classroom Activity Using Effective Sentences
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When Billy saw the crime, he was in a grocery store buying hot
dog buns for the barbecue he had scheduled for the next weekend.
The crime was a burglary, and the criminal was someone you
would never expect to see commit a crime. His basketball shoes
squeaked as he ran away, and he looked no more than 15 years old
with a fresh, eager face that was the picture of innocence. Billy
watched the youth steal a purse right off a woman's shoulder, and
the bright sun reflected off the thief's forehead as he ran away,
although the weather was quite chilly and had been for a week. The
police officer who caught the thief tripped him and handcuffed him
as Billy paid for the hot dog buns, got in his car, and drove away.

How would “in a station or the metro” change of the bough was bright and lovely rather than wet and black a: the station would seem cheerier b: the poem would not be considered imagist c: the people would seem less pleasant. d: the poem would no longer be hokku

In the book hatchet why did brian think searchers would not find him

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes