Wynona heard a rumour that a girl in Grade 12 had, with three other girls from the same grade, participated in a car theft in another town. The car was an older model that belonged to an elderly woman. When she told her cousin, Wynona said there were only two other girls, that Wynona knew them both well from the church choir, that the car belonged to a friend of Wynona's grandmother, and the car was brand new. According to the text, what predictable pattern of rumour telling did Wynona follow?

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Wynona followed the predictable pattern of rumour telling known as "levelled, sharpened, assimilation". She flattened the rumor by reducing the number of girls involved, justified it by claiming to know them well from the church choir, and made adjustments to the details by changing the age and model of the car and the ownership of the vehicle.

Wynona Heard a Rumour That a Girl in Grade 12