When my fourth-grade teacher told me about a

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Writer's conference where students my age could

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Published writers, I decided to go. I began thinking

About the writers whose stories I 28

-Judy Blume,

Beverly Clearly, Shell Silverstein and 29 if they would

Be at this conference.

Well, I went to the conference, but I was a little 

None of them were there. But the conference was

Well 31, and every half hour we would move on to

Hear a new writer speak. Soon the 32 period of the day

Came. A man introduced himself and gave the same

Little speech we had heard since that morning. 33 , he

Threw in a twist.(转折）

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Together,

He said.

"Words are more than

Just 35 thrown together. You must also 36

The mood or the tone(语气）

Of vour ideas.

He let that idea sink in and then 37 us

About the difference between a house and a

Home.

We all thought that was

A

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Question, and made some wild guesses at it.

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