Key Ingredients

1. LIST 3 DETAILS THAT YOU FOUND ABOVE THAT HELP THE STORY

1. Grab's the reader into the story.
2. Very mysterious and very intriguing. 
3. Left you wanting to read what came next.

2. THERE ARE DETAILS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT INCLUDE IN A REGULAR NEWS STORY, PLEASE LIST AT LEAST 2 OF THEM

1. Descriptive Language
2. A free-write style.

3. DO YOU WANT TO KEEP READING?

Yes

4. LIST 3 DESCRIPTIVE DETAILS THAT YOU FOUND ABOVE THAT HELP THE STORY

1. "Molding Mattress"

2. "Collar bones and ribs were jutting out."

3 "One skinny arm was slung over her face"

5. THERE ARE DETAILS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT INCLUDE IN A REGULAR NEWS STORY, PLEASE LIST AT LEAST 2 OF THEM

1. The figurative descriptions of the girl

2. The free-writing style 

6. WHAT CONDITIONS EXIST REGARDING THIS CHILD THAT THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES TO YOU?

Lice, bug bites, rashes, naked, unclean, laying atop an old mattress, starving, sores over her skin

7. DO YOU WANT TO KEEP READING?

Yes

8. HOW DOES THE QUOTE HELP THE TRANSITION STATEMENT ABOVE IT?

It gives more of an important impact on the above statement while also explaining what it looked like, who was there, etc.

9. DO YOU WANT TO KEEP READING?

Yes

10. LIST 3 DESCRIPTIVE DETAILS THAT YOU FOUND ABOVE THAT HELP THE STORY

1. Saying the fire was "a monster".

2. The way the writer formatted the paragraphs to add an effect.

3. Descriptive language.

11. THERE ARE DETAILS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT INCLUDE IN A REGULAR NEWS STORY, PLEASE LIST AT LEAST 2 OF THEM

1. Giving descriptive language

2. Free-writing style

12. WHAT WAS THE ANECDOTE THAT THE AUTHOR USED IN THIS STORY?

"facing a potential monster"

13. WHAT WAS THE IRONICAL PART OF THIS STORY IN REGARDS TO HOW THE FIRE STARTED?

It all started while fixing a water pipe.

14. DO YOU WANT TO KEEP READING?

Yes

15. LIST 3 PIECES OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOUND IN THESE 3 PARAGRAPHS

1. Wildfire costs are increasing with the Forest Service budget.

2. Congress is considering a separate federal account to cover the cost of wildfire damages.

3. State wildfire spending has gone up over 150% in the last decade.

16. WHICH ONE DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST CRUCIAL?

Number 3

17. DO YOU WANT TO KEEP READING?

Yes