Sandra is writing an argumentative essay about the effects of a new set of health guidelines from the Department of Education. She is still deciding whether she supports the guidelines. Which prewriting strategies would best help Sandra gather information for her draft? Choose two correct answers.

brainstorming a list of alternatives to the guidelines
asking various people about how the guidelines will affect them
researching how the Department of Education makes its decisions
discussing the reasons the Department of Education made the guidelines with someone who works there
generating a list of towns that have also made recent changes to their guidelines

Which sentences from part 1 of the call of the wild would best serve as evidence of the theme "sometimes survival depends on knowing when not to fight"? buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity. to be sure, it was an unwonted performance: but he had learned to trust in men he knew, and to give them credit for a wisdom that outreached his own. he had merely intimated his displeasure, in his pride believing that to intimate was to command. but to his surprise the rope tightened around his neck, shutting off his breath. he saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club. he had learned the lesson, and in all his after life he never forgot it. that had given them an unfair advantage; but now that it was off, he would show them. they would never get another rope around his neck.

To choose a good persuasive essay topic, begin with a big idea, narrow it down, and a. then narrow it down more; it is impossible to have a topic that is too narrow. b. do some research to see what you should write about c. specify-ask a question you want answered in your argument

Which best explains the role that the theme of freedom plays in this excerpt