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The news is out! Lee Forest announced Tuesday that Seattle native Leila Croft will be the new chief of production at Forest Home Appliance beginning March 1. What do you think the article is about? What do you learn from the first sentence? Read the lead sentences of the following online magazine article. Two witnesses have identified a Trenton man in connection with a Grand Forks robbery. Police Chief Charlie Knotts refused to comment about the situation. What is this article about?

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1- The first news is about something that the readers have been waiting for, something they will get surprised at : " The news is out!". From the first sentence we learn that Forest Home Appliance has appointed Leila Croft as the new chief of production . In this sentence, the reader can get this information: who, what, when and where.

2- These lead sentences sum up the news that will be developed deeply in the article. A man has been seen. This man has been identified in connection with a robbery. However, the Police Chief does not want to say anything about this situation. Again, in these lead sentences we have got the who, what, when and where.

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