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Unit 19

Writing: Revising/Editing
Read the text and choose the best answer to each question.
Stefani wrote this narrative in response to a class assignment. Read Stefani’s paper and look for any
revisions she should make. Then answer the questions that follow.

Country Music Matchmaking

(1) “Roll up the window, quick!” my sister yelled, scrambling to press the
button on her armrest. (2) Moments before, she’d been singing at the top of her
lungs to an old Alan Jackson song. (3) Windows down, country music playing—
that’s how we roll. (4) She pulled up beside her crush at the next red light. (5) She

slid down in her seat and gave him an embarrassed wave.

(6) “What are you doing?” I asked, not yet understanding how the sight of
a boy in a car could totally transform a fun-loving sister into a featherbrain. (7) I
stared at the red light as if it might provide the answer before I lost it in the closed
car. (8) It was getting hotter by the second, and I had no choice but to open my
window for relief. (9) Then, floating from the crush’s open window, I caught the
notes of a familiar tune. (10) Next, tapping my fingers to the beat of the music, I
gave him a nonchalant wave.

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