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● EXERCISE 2 ●

Revise the selection in Exercise 1 by turning it into a series of short simple sentences. Then revise it again to eliminate the simple sentences entirely by turning every sentence into a compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence. How do your revisions change the effect? Read the original excerpt; then read your revisions aloud, and listen to the difference.

Chapter 7 - EXERCISE 2: Revise the selection in Exercise 1 by turning it into a series of short simple sentences. Then revise it again to eliminate the simple sentences entirely by turning every sentence into a compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence. How do your revisions change the effect? Read the original excerpt; then read your revisions aloud, and listen to the difference.
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