PLEASE HELP Think about the differences between primary sources and secondary sources. Accurately explain which one you should use for research for an informational text.(1 point)

I should use secondary sources because they come from experts who have researched and used different perspectives.

I should use secondary sources because they are documents that come from people that were not present at the event.

I should use primary sources because they are documents that come from the people who were part of an actual event.

I should use primary sources because they allow you to gain a first-hand account of the event from the time it happened.

What type of writing is demonstrated in this excerpt by general philip henry sheridan? at once i set about preparing for the examination which precedes admission to the military academy, studying zealously under the direction of mr. william clark; my old teachers, mcnanly and thorn, having disappeared from somerset and sought new fields of usefulness. the intervening months passed rapidly away, and i fear that i did not make much progress, yet i thought i should be able to pass the preliminary examination. that which was to follow worried me more and gave me many sleepless nights; but these would have been less in number, i fully believe, had it not been for one specification of my, outfit which the circular that accompanied my appointment demanded. this requirement was a pair of "monroe shoes." now, out in ohio, what "monroe shoes" were was a mystery—not a shoemaker in my section having so much as an inkling of the construction of the perplexing things, until finally my eldest brother brought an idea of them from baltimore, when it was found that they were a familiar pattern under another name. a. research essay b. persuasive essay c. biography d. memoir