Jan 27, 2012

Writing Assignment 5

The following paragraph has 18 sentences. Rewrite this paragraph in as few sentences as possible without losing any of the details.

Mark Twain is the author of Huckleberry Finn. Huckleberry Finn is a classic American novel.
He lived in Hartford, Connecticut, for several years. He was happy there at first. Mark Twain's house was very elaborate and elegant. It was on Farmington Avenue. It was in an area called Nook Farm. Mark Twain's home has a large side porch. Windows and a balcony overlook the porch. Today, people say the windows and balcony remind them of a steamboat. In his youth, Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi. Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died in the Hartford home. She died of spinal meningitis. Twain never felt the same about the house again. He soon left the house and Hartford. He returned only once. He came back for the funeral of his friend. His friend was named Charles Dudley Warner.



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  1. Mark Twain is the author of the classic American novel, Huckleberry Finn. He lived in a very elaborate and elegant house on Farmington Avenue in the Nook Farm area in Hartford, Connecticut for several years, and was happy there at first. Today, people say the windows and balcony that overlook the house's large side porch remind them of a steamboat. In his youth, Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi. Twain never felt the same about the Hartford home after his beloved daughter, Susy, died of spinal meningitis in that house. He soon left the house and Hartford, returning only once for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

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  2. Mark Twain, the author of Huckleberry Finn (a classic American novel), lived in Hartford, Connecticut, for several years and was happy there at first. His very elaborate and elegant house on Farmington Avenue in an area called Nook Farm has a large side porch, windows, and a balcony overlooking the porch which, even today, remind people of a steamboat. In his youth, Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi. He never felt the same about the Hartford home after his beloved daughter, Susy, died in the Hartford spinal meningitis inside. He soon left the house and Hartford, returning only once for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

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  3. Mark Twain, who authored the classic American novel Huckleberry Finn, lived in Hartford, Connecticut, for several years. He was happy there at first. His house, located on Farmington Avenue in an area called Nook Farm, was very elaborate and elegant, and included a large side porch with windows and a balcony that overlooked it. Today, people say the window and balcony remind them of a steamboat. In his youth, Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi. After Mark Twain’s beloved daughter, Susy, Died of spinal meningitis, he never felt the same about the house again. He soon left the house and Hartford and returned only once for his friend Charles Dudley Warner.

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  4. The author of classical American novel Huckleberry Finn, piloted steamboats on the Mississippi as a youth, and for several years, until he left, lived in Hartford, Connecticut in an elegant and elaborate house on Farmington Avenue that had windows and balcony—overlooking a large side porch—that to this day remind people of a steamboat. At first Mark Twain was happy living in his home in the Nook Farm area; then his beloved daughter, Suzy, died of spinal meningitis in the Harford home and because of her death he never felt the same about the house again: he only returned once for his friend Charles Dudley Warner’s funeral.

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  5. Mark Twain authored the classic American novel, Huckleberry Finn. He lived in Hartford, Connecticut in his very elaborate and elegant house where he was happy at first. It was in an area called Nook Farm on Farmington Avenue, and had a large side porch with windows and a balcony overlooking the porch. People say they remind them of a steamboat. Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi. He never felt the same about the house after his daughter, Susan, died of spinal meningitis. He soon left the house and only returned once for Charles Dudley Warner’s (his friend) funeral.

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  6. Mark Twain is the author of the classic American novel Huckleberry Finn. He lived happily (at first) for several years on Farmington Avenue (in an area called Nook Farm) in Hartford, Connecticut, for several years. The house was very elaborate and elegant with windows and a balcony overlooking a large side porch. Today, people say the windows and balcony remind them of a steamboat, which Twain piloted in his youth on the Mississippi. Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died in the Hartford home of spinal meningitis. Twain never felt the same about the house so he left it, returning only once for the funeral of his friend Charles Dudley Warner.

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  7. Mark Twain wrote the classic American novel Huckleberry Finn while living in Hartford, Connecticut. Twain lived in an elaborate house, with windows and a balcony overlooking a large side porch. People say that the windows on Twain’s home, which was built on Farmington Avenue in the Nook Farm area, look like the steamboats Twain piloted as a youth on the Mississippi. Twain’s daughter Susy died in the Hartford home of spinal meningitis. Twain left the house soon after, and returned only once for the funeral of his friend Charles Dudley Warner.

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  8. Mark Twain, the author of the classic American novel Huckleberry Finn, lived in Hartford, Connecticut, for several years, in an area called Nook Farm. At first, Twain was very happy in his extravagant and elegant home on Farmington Avenue. Twain's home has windows and a balcony that overlook a large side porch. Today, people say the windows and balcony remind them of a steamboat, like the ones that Twain, in his youth, piloted across the Mississippi. Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died of spinal meningitis in the Hartford home. He never felt the same way about his house again, so he left, returning only once for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

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  9. Mark Twain is the author of Huckleberry Finn, a classic American novel. He lived in Hartford, Connecticut, for several years; he was happy there at first. Found in an area called Nook Farm, Mark Twain's house on Farmington Avenue was very elaborate and elegant. Windows and a balcony overlook a large side porch; today people say they remind them of the steamboats that Twain piloted on the Mississippi in his youth. After his beloved daughter, Susy, died of spinal meningitis in the Hartford home, Twain never felt the same about the house again. He soon left the house and Hartford and returned only once for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

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  10. Mark Twain is the author of the American classic Huckleberry Finn. For several years he lived in Hartford, Connecticut, were he was happy at first. Mark Twain’s elaborate and elegant house was on Farmington Avenue, in an area called Nook Farm. Mark Twain’s windows and balcony overlooked his large side porch, which today reminds people of a steamboat. In his youth he piloted a steamboat on the Mississippi. Mark Twain’s beloved sister died of spinal meningitis, at their home in Hartford Connecticut. He soon left his house in Hartford, he returned only once to attend a funeral for his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

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  11. Myra Lai

    Mark Twain, who lived in Hartford, Connecticut, for several years, is the author of Huckleberry Finn, a classic American novel. He was happy there at first. His house was on Farmington Avenue, in an area called Farm Nook, and was very elaborate and elegant. Today, people say that the windows and balcony overlooking the large side porch reminded them of a steamboat, which Twain piloted on the Mississippi in his youth. Twain’s beloved daughter, Susy, died of spinal meningitis in the Hartford home. Twain never felt the same about the house again and soon left it and Hartford, returning only once for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

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  12. Mark Twain, the author of the classic American novel Huckleberry Finn, lived in Hartford, Connecticut for several years. He lived in an elaborate and elegant home in Nook Farm on Farmington Avenue and was happy there until his beloved daughter Susy died of spinal meningitis. This tragedy cause Twain to leave Hartford, and he only returned once for the funeral of his friend Charles Dudley Warner. Mark Twain’s home in Hartford has windows and a balcony overlooking a large side porch that today people say resemble the steamboats Twain piloted on the Mississippi in his youth.

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  13. Mark Twain is the author of the classic American novel Huckleberry Fin. At first he was happy living in Hartford, Connecticut for several years. Mark Twain lived in an elaborate elegant house on Farmington Avenue located in an area called Nook Farm. His home has windows and a balcony that overlook a large porch. In Twain’s youth he piloted steamboats on the Mississippi and people say that his windows and balcony look like a steamboat. Twain’s beloved daughter died of spinal meningitis in his home and he never felt the same about his house. He left Hartford and his home and only went back one time for the funeral of his friend Charles Dudley Warner.

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  14. Abby Christensen

    Mark Twain is the author of the classic American novel, Huckleberry Finn. He lived in Hartford, Connecticut, for several years in an area called Nook Farm, on Farmington Avenue, in a very elaborate and elegant house. He was happy there at first. Mark Twain's home has a large side porch with windows and a balcony; people say the windows and balcony remind them of a steamboat. In his youth, Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi. Twain never felt the same about the Hartford home after his beloved daughter, Susy, died of spinal meningitis in that house. He soon left the house and Hartford, returning only once for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

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  15. Mark Twain is the author of Huckleberry Finn, a classic American novel. He lived in Harford, Connecticut for several years and was happy there are first. His house, which has a large side porch, was on Farmington Avenue in an area called Nook Farm. Today, people say the windows and balcony remind them of a steamboat, which Twain piloted on the Mississippi in his youth. His beloved daughter, Susy, died in the Hartford home of spinal meningitis, and Twain never felt the same about the house again. He soon left the house and Hartford, returning only once for the funeral of his friend, Dudley Warner.

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  16. Heidi Fillmore

    Mark Twain is the author of the classic American novel, Huckleberry Finn. The windows and balcony overlooking the large side porch on his elegant and elaborate home on Farmington Avenue in Nook Farm, Hartford, Connecticut, remind some people of a steamboat; Mark Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi in his youth. Mark Twain lived in this house for several years, and was happy there at first, but after his beloved daughter, Susy, died of spinal meningitis, he never felt the same about the house again; he soon left Hartford. The only time Mark Twain ever returned was for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

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  17. Mark Twain, the author of the American classic novel Huck Finn, lived in Hartford, Connecticut, for several years in a very elaborate and elegant house on Farmington Avenue, located in an area called Nook Farm. He was happy there at first; his home has a large side porch overlooked by windows and a balcony; which today people say remind them of a steamboat (he piloted steamboats on the Mississippi River in his youth). After his beloved daughter, Susy, died in the Hartford home of spinal meningitis, he never felt the same about the house again. He soon left the house and Hartford, returning only once for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

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  19. Mark Twain, the author of the American classic Huckleberry Finn, lived in Hartford, Connecticut. Mark Twain was at first happy in his elaborate and elegant house located in Nook farm on Farmington Avenue. The windows and balcony overlooked his large side porch, which today is reminiscent of a steamboat. In his youth he piloted a steamboat on the Mississippi. Mark Twain soon left his house in Hartford after his beloved daughter, Susy, died of spinal meningitis and returned only once to attend a funeral for his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

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