Ask yourself these questions as you revise: Does my main character deal with the conflict in a unique way that reveals his personality?
Does my exposition give the reader enough information to understand the story and its characters?
Do my rising action and climax center on the story's main conflict? Do they both lead to the resolution of the conflict in some way?
Do my falling action and conclusion show what happens to the main character after the conflict has been resolved? Do they indicate what has changed and what has stayed the same?
Do I use enough sensory details to make the scenes vivid and realistic?
Is my point of view consistently in first person? Is the perspective of the main character consistent, accurate, and compelling?

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.