When I taught high school English, my mentor recommended an exercise that I required of my students as a daily practice with every reading assignment. I asked them to identify the "Golden Sentence," the sentence that resonated most with them and captured the essence of the passage; and I asked them to articulate why they had chosen it. It was a way to get them to pay attention, but also a way for them to discover how words on a page can reach out and grab the reader.
Do your stories have a Golden Sentence?
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