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Anna Macherchevich's Take It In Strides

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In the essay “Take it in Strides” the author, Anna Macherchevich, develops an exciting and intriguing paper. She tells a compelling narrative that expresses the importance of cross country and her team to her life. To accomplish this, she used well thought out descriptive language and dialogue that gives a good understand to the reader of her love of the sport. Firstly, Macherchevich she explains how cross country had given her the ability to set her mind on a goal and push through all challenges. She states in her essay, “My whole body was aching and fatigued, and a pesky cramp was developing under my left rib.” “The terrain was rocky, and the constant rain had transformed the dirt hills into mudslides. Somehow, through all these barriers,

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