Read the following topics,
decide on the plot line, then
write any of them in 120 -180
words.

1 You have decided to enter a
short story competition. You
should write a story ending
with the words: "It was onhj
then that I realised they had
mistaken me for someone else."
2 A magazine is running a
competition for the best short
story starting with the words:
"Who can this man be?" Sheik
wondered as she looked at the
stranger standing at the front
door."
3 A magazine is running a
competition for the best short
story entitled "A Disastrous
Evening". Write your story.

Which statement most accurately describes the technique of in media’s res

Which of the following sentences requires a colon to be correct? a. in his vacation suitcase, jonathan packed two pairs of pants, four shirts, his swimsuit, and his favorite pajamas. b. when she decided to write a letter, she grabbed her pen, paper, stamps, and address book. c. the new dessert recipe called for equal parts of sugar, cream, peanut butter, and crushed pecans. d. she gathered all of her ingredients to make a smoothie strawberries, blueberries, bananas, and yogurt.

"though i had a million things to do, i stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. unwillingly, i eventually got up and did the immediate necessities, and then put everything that i possibly could on the back burner and sat down at the computer to write—something i hadn't done in so long that i wondered why i was bothering." which of the following most effectively condenses the underlined sentences by using deletion and substitution? a. she got out of bed reluctantly and did her immediate necessities. b. even though she had a million things to do, she finally got out of bed unwillingly and did her immediate necessities. c. though she had a million things to do, she stayed in bed, thinking about the dream. unwillingly, she eventually got up and did the immediate necessities. d. she got out of bed anyway.