English Skills with Readings 7th Edition by John Langan

Exercise 10

Johnson tells the story of Joe s shooting briefly, in paragraphs 6-8. She could have chosen to go into much more detail about that part of the story. For instance, she could have described any previous relationship between Joe and the young man who shot him, or what happened to the shooter afterward. Why do you think she chose not to concentrate on those details How would the story have been different if she had focused on them