Which of the following sentences does the best job of showing rather than telling?

a) I slid down the steps very fast and very hard.
b) I felt my foot slide on the icy step; then I was tumbling down, smacking the edge of
each step painfully with a knee, an elbow, or my head.
c) Falling down the steps was one of the scariest, most painful events that I had ever
experienced.
d) If I had been more careful on the ice, I wouldn't have fallen, but I did.


b

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