Which of the following would be the first step in the prewriting process?

brainstorming to list topic ideas

narrowing your topic

writing a thesis statement

web diagramming to find subtopics

where is the

the anwser is went creeping down the river again, across the wide lonely marshes to the sea.

i longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—africa, india, china and peru!

and, dreaming of the lands i had never seen, i'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.