Reflect and Respond

Rewrite the following sentences. Arrange the ideas in each sentence so the idea you want to emphasize comes last. Completely rewrite the sentences if that’s what it takes to give them punch.

We found the little girl in the attic, sleeping peacefully, after we had searched for hours and had notified the police.

The tornado left ruin and death in its wake and tore down every building in the village.

The mysterious visitor had stolen the ruby, rifled through my desk, and broken open the safe.