Sample response: i thought of giving up many times. “i could be sleeping right now,” i would cry out as my muscles ached. last may, i decided to swim a mile nonstop. i was set on joining the coast guard, so i spent every morning practicing with my father. one morning, i started to doubt myself, so i imagined swimming to a person drowning. before i knew it, i could hear my dad clapping. i had done it! which statements describe your story? check all that apply. i started from the middle of the story. i included all of the events in the story. i made sure that the cause and effect of the story were still clear.