You have read “Flying Without Wings,” in which the author describes different animals, other than birds, that can fly. Write an essay analyzing how the author develops and refines the central idea of the text. Use evidence from the text to support your response. Your writing will be scored based on the development of ideas, organization of writing, and language conventions of grammar, usage, and mechanics.

1. saved aronnax from drowning "an incident" 2. speed of the nautilus man-of-war 3. next to captain nemo conseil 4. electricity vigo bay 5. "a coral tomb" 20,000 leagues 6. the nautilus runs aground nemo's "thunderbolt" 7. episodes are connected by aronnax's quarters 8. captain nemo's "bank" cause 9. distance aronnax traveled on the nautilus "a fine death for a sailor" 10. captain nemo sinks for revenge 50 miles per hour