Ford, Dana. "Prank turns deadly for
Arkansas teen." CNN. CNN. 18 Feb.
2014. Web. 19 Feb. 2014
<http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/17/us/arkansas-prank-death/index.html?c=us>
Girl killed because of prank. 2014.
Web. 18 Feb. 2014. <http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/1. 7/arkansas-man-guns-down-15-year- old-girl-for-egging-sons-car-as-a-prank/>
This article was about a 15 year old girl and her friends who were trying to get back at some friends for pranking them. The friends had egged one of the friends' houses, and they were going to get them back. When the girl and her friends arrived at the house, a man came outside and began to fire. He shot the girl in the head and she died.
I can connect to this story in a little way. I am also 15 years old and so was the girl who was killed. It would be terrible to just go to a friends house to get revenge for fun and then end up getting killed. I have never been shot, therefore, I cannot connect to that in no way shape or form. People don't usually get shot at my school for having fun, so I can't make a connection there either. But, sometimes people do get in trouble for getting out of line.
I feel like it was ridiculous how they were just having good ole teenager fun and someone ends up dying. I could understand if their type of fun was life-threatening, but it wasn't. It was good, clean fun and someone gets murdered. This doesn't really effect me, but it makes me think about how careful I need to be whenever going out with friends because you never really know what can happen to you when going places.
Short answer:
What is the central idea of the passage and how is it developed and refined throughout the selection? Use evidence from the selection to support your answer.
It seems to me as if the author's central message is to watch out where you go and what you do. You need to be careful about being at the wrong place at the wrong time. The article said, "He opened the door and began to open fire." The article also said the driver had injuries to his leg. Although his injuries were obviously nowhere as serious as the 15 year old, he still was injured and the teenagers were at the wrong place at the wrong time.
I can not believe that I have not heard about this. You would think it would be in the news. I know that there are many stories like this that occur everyday and it could possibly be prevented if someone would talk about it. It is a tragedy that this girl lost her life at such a young age because she was having a good time. There could also be information missing from this story though. It seems a little out there that they just arrived at the house and the man started shooting. Another thing is I would like to know who the man is. Is he just someone random or was he related to the girls that they had planned on pranking. You missed commas in a few places and I think you may have added too many in some places. When listing something, you have to have commas between each item. (Paragraph 2-"in no way, shape, or form') I like how you thought of every possible way this could connect to you. It really helps to understand the story more.
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