Your next descriptive paragraph will focus on a shed's damaged roof. Which opener sets up that focus?

• The shed stood beside a path through the garden.
• The shed held spare tools, seed trays and bags of compost.
• The shed's roof sagged beneath several broken tiles.

In ordinary story dialogue, which change normally starts a new paragraph?

• Start one when the setting is described in more detail.
• Start one when a different character begins speaking.
• Start one when the current speaker asks a question.

In ordinary story dialogue, a character says a line, folds a note, then speaks again in the same moment. A new paragraph is required just because they folded the note.

A descriptive paragraph opens, 'The workshop felt crowded.' Which detail best develops that focus?

• A calendar on the wall showed a date in March.
• Toolboxes blocked the narrow path between the benches.
• Outside the open window, a blackbird called from an apple tree.

Three sentences describe a kitchen today. The next sentence begins, 'When I was six, this kitchen...' and starts a childhood memory. Where should a break separate the present-day description from the memory?

• Before the sentence beginning 'When I was six...'
• Before the final sentence of the present-day description
• After the first sentence beginning the childhood memory

A character searches a room for a letter. The search ends when she finds its empty envelope. You put 'The envelope was empty.' in a short paragraph of its own. Which reason best justifies the break?

• It speeds readers through the discovery without a pause.
• It marks a change of speaker at the moment of discovery.
• It gives readers a pause at the disappointing discovery.

Draft: "Can we go?" Nia asked. She folded the map. "Not yet," Omar said. "I'll wait," Nia replied. Keep Nia's question and action together. Which repair marks both speaker changes without extra breaks?

• Start a new paragraph before each sentence.
• Start a new paragraph before Omar's answer but keep Nia's reply there.
• Start new paragraphs before Omar's answer and Nia's reply.

A paragraph explains that a school play's tickets cost more this year. The next paragraph will consider how that rise might affect attendance. Which opener links the ideas and moves the argument on?

• The higher price may lead some families to stay away.
• The tickets for this year's school play are more expensive.
• The extra ticket money could pay for new stage curtains.