Wednesday, March 21, 2007

The Inverted Pyramid

Hello, students!
I've used paragraphs from four different stories to demonstrate ways to complete this exercise. The composite focuses on organization and content. We'll deal with grammar and style in other classes.
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The Cleveland Police Department has issued an Amber Alert for a 4-month-old female abducted from the south Collinwood area.

The victim's name is Shania McDade. According to Commander Wayne Drummond, of the Sixth District Police station, Shania was last seen with a woman by the name of Cyanni Dubose. The child was taken from East 145 Street and Aspinwall Ave. The woman Shania was last with has been verified as a suspect and was driving a 2001 Ford Taurus.

McDade's mother, Malaica Lusane indicated that her daughter was last
seen wearing a yellow shirt with pink flowers, purple and yellow shorts
also with pink flowers, and yellow and green bows in her hair. McDade
suffers from asthma and requires Albuterol for survival.


Cyanni Dubose has no relation to the child or family but she is a
friend of the mother of the missing baby. The suspect has no ties to the
Cleveland area. Cyanni was supposed to take the baby to a relative of
the family and never showed up. The mother Malaica Lusane is very
worried about the welfare of her daughter because of her medical
condition.