Scenario: You are working for a company that is hoping to adapt a short story into a film. Your supervising director had not read "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde, and since she doesn't have time to read it (those executives are always so busy...), she would like you to read the short story.  You are expected to summarize the most important points in two paragraphs and have it on her desk as soon as possible.

 

Since you are summarizing for your director, you know that you should use appropriate language when writing (no slang) and format your paragraph professionally

· list the title and author in the first sentence
· identify the key points
· Must be 14 sentences
· use your own words (no direct quotations or slight changes with a thesaurus)
· leave out unnecessary details and examples
· leave out your own comments, opinions, or evaluations of the article

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