Read the excerpt from the haida creation myth. the chief tried to catch the moon before it escaped, but it was too late. he resolved not to let the child have anything else to play with. instead, he decided, his daughter would just have to give it away to another woman. but the daughter refused. she had grown to love the baby, despite his irritable behavior. this excerpt supports the idea that the sky chief valued his daughter more than his grandson. his daughter and his possessions equally. his grandson more than his possessions. his possessions more than his family.

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