Keesha wants to write an essay about a breed of dog called the labrador retriever. what is the first thing she should do before beginning to write her essay?
research the specific characteristics and habits of the labrador retriever
interview different dog owners to find out what they love about their dogs
spend more time at the dog park watching how labrador retrievers play
sketch out a number of funny anecdotes involving labrador retrievers

From his studies of coptic, champollion knew that the egyptian word for "sun" was pronounced rah. he wrote down the first two letters of that sound, ra. next he put a question mark for the unknown middle hieroglyph. then, at the end, he wrote ss, the sound of the last two hieroglyphs. he studied the combination: ra ? ss. suddenly he remembered a famous pharaoh whose name appeared in ancient greek chronicles and also in the biblical book of exodus: rameses, or ramesses. could this be a hieroglyphic representation of ramesses' name? based on the excerpt, what detail did champollion need to conclude that the hieroglyphics might represent ramesses’s name?

Why should college athletes not get paid for playing state the claim a: point a b. direct quotation to support point a c.point b . direct quotation to support point b

Read the sentences below. (1) wordsworth believed that poetry should present the ordinary in unusual ways, and shelley's "ode to the west wind" does just that. (2) in the poem, the speaker calls the wind "thou breath of autumn's being." (3) later in the poem, the speaker refers to the wind as both "destroyer and preserver." which word or phrase would smooth the transition between sentence 1 and sentence 2? a "in addition" b "finally" c "for instance" d "moreover"