After reading “The Case for Short Words,” do you think the author makes a convincing case that short words are effective? Explain your answer and support it with evidence from the selection.

Read the passage: canines may not be the deepest thinkers in the world. but perhaps that's for the best. the life of a dog—sitting alone all day, waiting for everyone to come home—can be pretty boring. super-smart animals would probably get totally stressed out, says university of pennsylvania researcher james serpell. look at it this way: if dogs were any smarter, they probably wouldn't choose to hang around with us. which best describes the tone of the passage?

Why does koskoosh give up his fight with the wolves

What makes the literal, word-for-word translation of “the metamorphosis” hard to read