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Original:

Flannel, football, and crisp **fall** air. Little black spiders **crawl** over pumpkins. The old, electric **coil** heater rattles back to life. The **sign** says, “haunted house: enter at your own risk.” Leaves are no longer red, orange, or yellow, but **dry** and drab under my feet. The cold dew making them **shine** in the moonlight. The sun begins to **rise**, peeking out over the pine trees.
 * Cloth ** on the ragged scarecrow rustles against his straw stuffing.
 * Briar ** patches turn from summer green to brown with the October frost.
 * Frosty ** gourds sit in the backyard,

Revised:

Flannel and football. Crisp **fall** air creeps under my scarf.

Little black spiders **crawl** over pumpkins.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The old, electric **coil** heater rattles back to life as leaves fall to the sidewalk.


 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cloth **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> on the ragged scarecrow rustles against his straw stuffing.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The **signs** of autumn are making themselves more clear.


 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Briar **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> patches turn from summer green to brown with the October frost.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Leaves are no longer red, orange, or yellow, but **dry** and drab under my feet.


 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Frosty **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> gourds sit in the backyard,

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The cold dew making them **shine** in the moonlight.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The sun begins to **rise**, peeking out over the pine trees.