Create two characters and a setting for a picnic scene. Then write a page of dialogue for the characters, which includes references to
the food. Try to make the dialogue humorous in some way. You can
add stage directions (see the key point on the next page and the tip
on page 50) to show how gesture and movement convey character.

Tia and lin had been best friends since kindergarten. both avid soccer players, the girls decided to try out for the high school team together. unfortunately, there was just one open spot, so only one of the girls would be chosen. they both worked hard, and on tryout day, they did their best. when the team roster came out, lin was excited to see that she had made the team but sad that tia had not. tia was happy for her friend and vowed to work harder so she would make the team the next year. which sentence is the exposition of the passage