Read the following prompt. then answer the question that follows. prompt: the term “go extinct” means “to disappear from earth.” animals on earth go extinct for various reasons, including pollution and the destruction of the land they live on. write a five-paragraph essay (300 words) on how people are causing animals to go extinct. which research question would best narrow the topic in the writing prompt? a. do meat-eating animals compete with humans for food? b. how do chemicals that protect farm crops affect animals that eat those crops? c. what do animals eat and how do they search for their food? d. which is the most endangered animal in the world? e. do animals that hunt other animals to keep bugs and other pests under control?

Read the following excerpt from anne frank remembered by miep gies. i said to myself, you can do what you like, even drink poison, but i will stay here. then he said again, "i'll be back to check on you. one wrong move and off you go to prison too." he turned and shut me into the room alone. i had no idea where he'd gone. i had no idea what was going on in the rest of the house. i was in a terrible mental state. i felt as though i were falling into a bottomless hole. which sentence from the excerpt would a prepared speaker best use to support the viewpoint that miep gies was in terrible danger? i said to myself, you can do what you like, even drink poison, but i will stay here. then he said again, "i'll be back to check on you. one wrong move and off you go to prison too." i had no idea what was going on in the rest of the house. i felt as though i were falling into a bottomless hole.