A. Finish the words in the acronym below to name five ways to check for sentence variety.

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B. Rewrite this set of sentences using any of the FLIRT techniques. Use as many or as few as you'd like, but be sure that you achieve sentence variety by checking your final draft against the list above.

Camping is fun. You need to be prepared. You can make a checklist of all the supplies you will need. You can talk to someone who has been camping before to learn what is needed. A good way to practice being prepared is to have your first camping trip in your very own backyard.

I love going camping, because it is so much fun. But you have to be prepared. One thing that I do is make a checklist of all the things I need, like food and tools and things like that.

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