Week 10

Natasha Pretti decided to press the brake pedal instead of the gas as a streetlight went from yellow to red Tuesday afternoon, even though she and her passenger were in a hurry to get back to work after lunch.
The car in front of her made it through the yellow light. As Pretti watched it continue north on 1900 West in Roy, she saw something falling from the sky.
Pretti and her passenger, Melanie Salazar, watched in disbelief as a single-engine plane clipped the car, crashed in the middle of the street and burst into flames.

This is how a the news article called “Pilot survives after his single-engine plane crashes, burns on Roy street” began. This is anecdotal lead. The article starts with an individual and tells a story. I included more than just the lead to better illustrate the storytelling element. At the time of this airplane crash, I read other news articles in hopes of learning more about the accident. I noticed that many of the stories had leads that summarized the chain of events. I like this lead better because it illustrates what happened. This news article gives Pretti’s perspective and provides us with more insight than basic facts can. Her account allows me to be in her shoes for a minute. I cannot imagine witnessing such an event in person.

I was working on a research paper and I came across this mistake. The author typed an extra “i” into the word cited.