INSTRUCTIONS: Edit the following paragraphs for consistent point of view only. Using the first sentence as the basis for the point of view, change the rest of the paragraph to maintain a consistent point of view. Do not edit for any other kinds of changes. For the first time in thirty years, I find myself surrounded by fireflies, and I find myself admiring them with the same wonder that I
remember feeling as a child. It is the first week of July, and I watch the sun go down. People begin to count as fireflies emerge, flickering their lights on all sides of me. You know that the darker it becomes, the more fireflies you will see. I watch them fill the sky, blinking on and off. You no longer try to count them. You hold out your hand, and you barely feel a little firefly as he lights on your hand and then gently lifts off as he joins his friends in the air. I stand still, and I follow their movement. I find one that is illuminated, and then I follow that same firefly with my eyes. I see the light slowly fade as this insect moves, its body turning dark gray. In my mind, you see yourself as a small child catching them in jars, watching the jar light up, and then turning them all loose. Today, I do not want to interfere with their lives. I just want to stand and admire them.
What will be an ideal response?
(Words that need to be changed are in boldface.)
For the first time in thirty years, I find myself surrounded by fireflies, and I find myself admiring them with the same wonder that I remember feeling as a child. It is the first week of July, and I watch the sun go down. I begin to count as fireflies emerge, flickering their lights on all sides of me. I know that the darker it becomes, the more fireflies I will see. I watch them fill the sky, blinking on and off. I no longer try to count them. I hold out my hand, and I barely feel a little firefly as he lights on my hand and then gently lifts off as he joins his friends in the air. I stand still, and I follow their movement. I find one that is illuminated, and then I follow that same firefly with my eyes. I see the light slowly fade as this insect moves, its body turning dark gray. In my mind, I see myself as a small child catching them in jars, watching the jar light up, and then turning them all loose. Today, I do not want to interfere with their lives. I just want to stand and admire them.
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