Boy Reading Every pleture tells a story. Use your imagination and experience to write a story about the
ploture, Be sure to develop your characters, setting, plot, conflict, and resolution
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Remember, your story will be scored based on how well you
• develop a multi-paragraph response to the assigned topic that clearly
communicates the purpose of your story to the audience;
• describe the characters, setting, plot, and conflict using sensory language and
details that help the reader to visualize the experiences in your narrative;
• organize your story in a clear and logical manner, including a beginning, middle,
and end;
use transitional strategies to show relationships and signal changes in the story:
use well-structured sentences and appropriate language for your audience;
edit your work to conform to the conventions of standard American English.