Part 2
Nevertheless, I eked out my first news story, which was about a boy who received a typewriter from his grandmother on his birthday. [B] The story didn’t even fill half a page, but I handed it to my grandmother with pride. After she read it, she squinted at me from behind her glasses. [C] “But news writing is about telling your readers something they need to know. Enlighten them.”
The next morning I scoured the neighborhood empty notebook in hand, (7) dejected. [D] I was surrounded by adults who already seemed to know everything. Who was I to judge what people needed to know?
Then, as I approached the park at the end of my block, I heard a small squeal coming from the direction of the swings. I ran over to find a girl standing there,
brushing dirt from her jeans. The seat of the nearest swing dangled from one chain while the other chain swayed back and forth (8), unattached. No one else had witnessed what I had; I realized I’d found my story.
Later that day, while I hand-delivered (9) copies of my broken swing story to every house on the block. Someone repaired the swing the very next day. Regardless (11), my grandmother attributed (12) its quick repair to my story.
7.
A. NO CHANGE
B. neighborhood, empty notebook in hand,
C. neighborhood, empty notebook in hand
D. neighborhood empty notebook in hand
8.
F. NO CHANGE
G. forth for it was
H. forth, it was
J. forth being
9.
A. NO CHANGE
B. while hand-delivering
C. I hand-delivered
D. hand-delivering
10.
F. NO CHANGE
G. Of course,
H. However,
J. Instead,
11.
A. NO CHANGE
B. designated
C. assigned
D. referred